Deems vs Demes - What's the difference?

As a verb deems

is (deem).

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(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.

* judge * consider; see also

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(en noun)

An opinion; judgement; surmise.

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