Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To judge or declare beforehand; foretell.
- To deem; consider; take for granted; expect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To recognize or judge in advance; to forebode.
- intransitive verb obsolete To know or discover beforehand; to foretell.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, obsolete To
judge , form a judgement of, ordeclare beforehand;foretell ;forecast ;presage . - verb transitive To
deem oraccount in advance;consider ;take for granted ;expect .
Etymologies
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From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman ("to prejudge"), equivalent to fore- + deem.
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