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Deem vs Dee - What's the difference?

deem | dee |

As a verb deem

is .

As a noun dee is

.

deem

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
  • (obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
  • (obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
  • (ambitransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
  • * Emerson
  • And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?
  • To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.
  • She deemed his efforts insufficient.
  • To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.
  • Synonyms

    * judge * consider; see also

    Derived terms

    * * * * * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opinion; judgement; surmise.
  • Anagrams

    * * * ----

    dee

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A river in Scotland that flows about 145 km (90 mi) from the Cairngorm Mountains to the North Sea at Aberdeen.
  • A river in Wales and England that flows about 113 km (70 mi) from Snowdonia to the Irish Sea near Liverpool.
  • A female given name, short for names beginning with a "D".
  • Quotations

    * : IV: xi: 39: *: And following Dee , which Britons long ygone *: Did call divine, that doth by Chester tend;

    Derived terms

    * Deeside * Miller of Dee