deemingn.
/ˈdiːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdimɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > [noun]
deeming1303
adjudgment1547
adjudication1570
adjudicature1911
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1495 Ȝyf he demeþ pytyfully At hys demyng getyþ he mercy.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 118/1 Demynge or dome, judicium.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4197 This wise shalle crist..the day of his demyng.
2. The forming or expressing of a judgement or opinion; thinking, opining; †censure; †a surmise or suspicion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > [noun]
weeningc900
wenc1000
susposea1325
deeming1340
supposala1425
conjecturec1460
supposing1530
supposition1565
suppose1582
surmise1593
surmisal1641
putation1649
expectation1793
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun] > formation of
deeming1340
opinationc1475
opining1716
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 27 Þe venimouse herte of þe enuiouse zene~ȝeþ..ine ualse demynges.
1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 491 Iff I had hadde any demyng off my lordys dethe iiij howrys ore he dyed.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 123 God send thame a widdy wicht, That can not lat sic demyng be.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. ix. 1 Nane incertane rumour nor demyng, Bot sovyr boydword cam thar.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Souspeçon, suspition, deeming.
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 418 Doubts, Deemings, and Uncertainties.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 65 You may do your own deeming.
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