fordeem

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verb

To condemn.

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forjudge
OriginMiddle English fordemen ← Old English fordēman ← Proto-Germanic *fradōmijaną →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person fordeems · participle present fordeeming · participle past fordeemed · past fordeemed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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 & antonyms

verbTo condemn.

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forjudge

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*fradōmijaną“to condemn, damn”
  2. Old Englishfordēman“to condemn, sentence, doom; prejudice; decide”
  3. Middle Englishfordemen
  4. Englishfordeem

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.

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APA

fordeem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordeem

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“fordeem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordeem. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fordeem,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fordeem.

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