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Deem

verb
(past & past part. deemed; pres. part. deeming)
1.
Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.  Synonyms: hold, take for, view as.  "View as important" , "Hold these truths to be self-evident" , "I hold him personally responsible"






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"Deem" Quotes from Famous Books



... without the six new tragedies and the one romantic comedy if he had at his disposal, by way of consolation, the journal extending over six years and the autobiography reaching up to the first performance of King John. We should deem ourselves fortunate if we had the journal alone. It would hardly matter which six years of Shakespeare's life the journal covered. As a boy, as a young actor, as an industrious reviser of other men's plays, ...
— Shakespeare and the Modern Stage - with Other Essays • Sir Sidney Lee

... at misfortune, and pressed on singing and whistling through all storms. He had a stout pair of hands, good nature, and adaptation to any kind of work. There was no danger of his starving; and exposures, which many would deem hardships, were no hardships for him. Undismayed he ran here and there, catching at such employment as he could find, until he had supplied himself with some comfortable clothing, and had a few dollars of ready money in his purse. Again he set out alone and on foot for his far-distant ...
— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott

... "I deem that God is not disquieted"— This in a mighty poet's rhymes I read; And blazoned so forever doth abide Within my soul ...
— Pipes O'Pan at Zekesbury • James Whitcomb Riley

... soldier of fortune was near his end. The stars were powerless to save him. It was not enough to deprive him of his command, his enemies did not deem it safe to let him live. One army gone, his wealth and his fame might soon bring him another, made up of those mercenary soldiers of all nations, and of all or no creeds, who would follow Satan if he promised ...
— Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality, German • Charles Morris

... powers, by Her unprized, Honouring my post, but nothing more, And lying, when I lived on shore, So late of mornings: weak tears stream'd For such slight came,—if only gleam'd, Remotely, beautifully bright, On clouded eves at sea, the light Of English headlands in the sun,— That soon I deem'd 'twere better done To lay this poor, complaining wraith Of unreciprocated faith: And so, with heart still bleeding quick. But strengthen'd by the comfort sick Of knowing that She could not care, I turn'd away from my despair, ...
— The Victories of Love - and Other Poems • Coventry Patmore


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