bedeem

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verb

To condemn.

OriginMiddle English bidemen →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person bedeems · participle present bedeeming · participle past bedeemed · past bedeemed · alternative bideme

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo condemn.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo 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

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbidemen
  2. Englishbedeem

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

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APA

bedeem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeem

MLA

“bedeem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeem. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedeem,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedeem.

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