*deem*

v. t. [ L. adimere. See Ademption. ] (Law) To revoke, as a legacy, grant, etc., or to satisfy it by some other gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deemed p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming. ] [ OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. dēman, fr. dōm doom; akin to OFries. dēma, OS. adōmian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. dæma, Sw. dömma, Dan. dömme, Goth. dōmjan. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v. ] 1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. [ 1913 Webster ]

For never can I deem him less him less than god. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. [ 1913 Webster ]

And deemest thou as those who pore,
With aged eyes, short way before? Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pass judgment. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Opinion; judgment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf. Dempster. ] A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you
An idle meteor. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Foredoom. ] To know or discover beforehand; to foretell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Which [ maid ] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come. Genevan Test. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irredeemable; irredeemableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not redeemable; that can not be redeemed; not payable in gold or silver, as a bond; -- used especially of such government notes, issued as currency, as are not convertible into coin at the pleasure of the holder. -- Ir`re*deem"a*ble*ness, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To misjudge. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Redeemed. (-d&unr_;md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Redeeming.] [F. rédimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. Assume, Consume, Exempt, Premium, Prompt, Ransom.] 1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. [1913 Webster]

If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. Lev. xxv. 29. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin. [1913 Webster]

3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. [1913 Webster]

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. Ps. xxv. 22. [1913 Webster]

The Almighty from the grave
Hath me redeemed. Sandys. [1913 Webster]

4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. [1913 Webster]

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. Gal. iii. 13. [1913 Webster]

5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. [1913 Webster]

I will redeem all this on Percy's head. Shak. [1913 Webster]

6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. [1913 Webster]

Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem
Man's mortal crime? Milton. [1913 Webster]

It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. Shak. [1913 Webster]

To redeem the time, to make the best use of it. [1913 Webster]

n. Redeemableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being redeemed; subject to repurchase; held under conditions permitting redemption; as, a pledge securing the payment of money is redeemable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject to an obligation of redemtion; conditioned upon a promise of redemtion; payable; due; as, bonds, promissory notes, etc. , redeemabble in gold, or in current money, or four months after date. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being redeemable; redeemability. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who redeems. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]