Meaning
To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”). The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It is also related to doom.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 17 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-07-28MDEGINP
- 2026-03-20MACDEHT
- 2025-08-26MDIFEHU
- 2025-06-27MCIEDGK
- 2024-10-14MUDPLNE
- 2024-09-30MDXONIE
- 2024-09-15MDLGEIN
- 2024-08-05MTCPEDO
- 2024-05-14DEMHFIU
- 2024-04-21DEUZNMI
- 2024-04-17MAWEDOY
- 2023-12-31MDTNEOU
+5 earlier appearances in the archive.