addeem

The story

1. Old English · inherited fromādēman“to judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, adjudicate”
2. Middle English · inherited from*ademen
3. English todayaddeem

From Middle English *ademen, from Old English ādēman (“to judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, adjudicate”); equivalent to a- + deem.

First known use, by meaning

• from 8th c. To adjudge; to try, test.