English Explanatory Dictionary

fordeem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To condemn.

Word forms

fordeem fordeems fordeeming fordeemed

Etymology

From Middle English fordemen, from Old English fordēman (“to condemn, sentence, doom; prejudice; decide”), from Proto-Germanic *fradōmijaną (“to condemn, damn”). By surface analysis, for- + deem. Cognate with Old High German fortuomen, furtuomen, Icelandic fordæma (“to condemn”), Dutch verdoemen.

Synonyms

forjudge
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