English Explanatory Dictionary

bedeem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To condemn.
  2. To determine or decide the fate of; doom (one) to; sentence; forebode; foretell.

Word forms

bedeem bedeems bedeeming bedeemed bideme

Etymology

From Middle English bidemen, equivalent to be- + deem. Cognate with Danish bedømme (“to judge, adjuducate, decide”), Swedish bedöma (“to judge”).

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