bedeem

verb — 2 senses

bedeem

verb

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

1

Obsolete To condemn.

2

Obsolete To determine or decide the fate of; doom (one) to; sentence; forebode; foretell.

  • God grant this vision bedeem me any good.2003, Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds, The Routledge anthology of Renaissance drama:

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