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bedeem

bedeem verb: to condemn.

Verb

bedeem (third-person singular simple present bedeems, present participle bedeeming, simple past and past participle bedeemed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To condemn.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) 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

Forms of bedeem

third-person singular presentbedeems
present participlebedeeming
past participlebedeemed
pastbedeemed
alternative formbideme

Origin of bedeem

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

Questions about bedeem

What does bedeem mean?
Bedeem means to condemn.
What part of speech is bedeem?
Bedeem is a verb.
What is the past tense of bedeem?
The past tense of bedeem is bedeemed.

Words near bedeem in the dictionary

  1. bedeckers
  2. bedecketh
  3. bedecking
  4. bedeckings
  5. bedecks
  6. bedeem
  7. bedeen
  8. bedegar
  9. bedegars
  10. bedeguar
  11. bedeguars

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