Part 2841

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Deedless</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deedless</b> in his tongue. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deed poll</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed" poll`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or <i>polled</i> as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Deedy</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deed"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Industrious; active.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<h1>Deem</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deem</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deemed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deeming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>demen</ets> to judge, condemn, AS. <ets>d<?/man</ets>, fr. <ets>d<?/m</ets> doom; akin to OFries. <ets>d<?/ma</ets>, OS. <ets>ad<?/mian</ets>, D. <ets>doemen</ets>, OHG. <ets>tuommen</ets>, Icel. <ets>d\'91ma</ets>, Sw. <ets>d\'94mma</ets>, Dan. <ets>d\'94mme</ets>, Goth. <ets>d<?/mjan</ets>. See <er>Doom</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Doom</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Claudius . . . Was <b>demed</b> for to hang upon a tree. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.</def>

<blockquote>For never can I <b>deem</b> him less him less than god. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deem</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deem</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>deemest</b> thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before? <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pass judgment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Deem</h1> <Xpage=379>

<hw>Deem</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Opinion; judgment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<h1>Deemster</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>Deem"ster</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<tt>Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf.</tt> <er>Dempster</er>.]</ety> <def>A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.</def>