misdeem

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verb

To misjudge, to deem wrongly.

OriginMiddle English misdemen →
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Meanings

verbmisdeem (third-person singular simple present misdeems, present participle misdeeming, simple past and past participle misdeemed)

present singular third person misdeems · participle present misdeeming · participle past misdeemed · past misdeemed

  1. To misjudge, to deem wrongly.

    Nor say I this for that I aught misdeem / That Egypt's promis'd succors fail us might.

    1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, xxxviii
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    The doubt which ye misdeem, fair love, is vain, / That fondly fear to lose your liberty; / […]

    1500s, Edmund Spenser, sonnet

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmisdemen
  2. Englishmisdeem

Late 14th century, from Middle English misdemen, equivalent to mis- + deem. Cognate with Icelandic misdæma (“to misjudge”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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