All 12 Uses
deemed
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
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- Myself I deem not worthy, and none else
Will deem me.†Canto 1.1-11 *deem = believe or judge - Myself I deem not worthy, and none else
Will deem me.†Canto 1.1-11 - To him my guide exclaim'd: "Perchance thou deem'st
The King of Athens here, who, in the world
Above, thy death contriv'd.†Canto 1.12-22 - But past doubt
(If well I mark) not long ere He arrived,
Who carried off from Dis the mighty spoil
Of the highest circle, then through all its bounds
Such trembling seiz'd the deep concave and foul,
I thought the universe was thrill'd with love,
Whereby, there are who deem, the world hath oft
Been into chaos turn'd: and in that point,
Here, and elsewhere, that old rock toppled down.†Canto 1.12-22 - Whom by the fashion of thy garb we deem
To be some inmate of our evil land.†Canto 1.12-22 - If from the fire
I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight
I then had cast me, nor my guide, I deem,
Would have restrain'd my going; but that fear
Of the dire burning vanquish'd the desire,
Which made me eager of their wish'd embrace.†Canto 1.12-22 - There beneath
Searching with eye inquisitive, I mark'd
One with his head so grim'd, 't were hard to deem,
If he were clerk or layman.†Canto 1.12-22 - —"Master, thy word,"
I answer'd, "hath assur'd me; yet I deem'd
Already of the truth, already wish'd
To ask thee, who is in yon fire, that comes
So parted at the summit, as it seem'd
Ascending from that funeral pile, where lay
The Theban brothers?"†Canto 1.23-34deem'd = believed or judged - Then, yielding to the forceful arguments,
Of silence as more perilous I deem'd,
And answer'd: "Father!†Canto 1.23-34 - My leader part pursu'd
His way, the while I follow'd, answering him,
And adding thus: "Within that cave I deem,
Whereon so fixedly I held my ken,
There is a spirit dwells, one of my blood,
Wailing the crime that costs him now so dear."†Canto 1.23-34deem = believe or judge - Farther on,
If I misdeem not, Soldanieri bides,
With Ganellon, and Tribaldello, him
Who op'd Faenza when the people slept.†Canto 1.23-34misdeem = wrongly believed or wrongly judgedstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misdeem means wrong and reverses the meaning of deem. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse. - He in few
Thus answering spake: "Thou deemest thou art still
On th' other side the centre, where I grasp'd
Th' abhorred worm, that boreth through the world.†Canto 1.23-34deemest = believe or judgestandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou deemest" in older English, today we say "You deem."
Definitions:
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(1)
(deemed) believed or judged
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)