bedeem

English

Alternative forms

• bideme (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To condemn.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To determine or decide the fate of; doom (one) to; sentence; forebode; foretell.
   • 2003, Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds, The Routledge anthology of Renaissance drama:

     God grant this vision bedeem me any good.