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fordeem

fordeem verb: to condemn.

Verb

fordeem (third-person singular simple present fordeems, present participle fordeeming, simple past and past participle fordeemed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To condemn.
    • Under Islamic canon law, known as sharia, fordeeming a man of rape needs the testimony of at least four muslim men as eyewitnesses to the deed of penetration.2015, LT Wolf, The World King - Book I: The Reckoning
    Synonyms:
    forjudge

Synonyms of fordeem

Forms of fordeem

third-person singular presentfordeems
present participlefordeeming
past participlefordeemed
pastfordeemed

Origin of fordeem

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.

Questions about fordeem

What does fordeem mean?
Fordeem means to condemn.
What part of speech is fordeem?
Fordeem is a verb.
What is the past tense of fordeem?
The past tense of fordeem is fordeemed.

Words near fordeem in the dictionary

  1. Fordbridge
  2. Forde
  3. forded
  4. fordede
  5. fordedes
  6. fordeem
  7. fordeemed
  8. fordeeming
  9. fordeems
  10. fordele
  11. fordeles

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