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bedeem

The English word “bedeem” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To condemn.
  2. To determine or decide the fate of; doom (one) to; sentence; forebode; foretell.

Etymology

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

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