† forˈdeem, v. Obs.
[OE. fordéman, f. for- prefix1 + deem v. Cf. ON. fordœ́ma, OHG. fur-, fortuomen.]
trans. To condemn.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvii. 3 Ða ᵹeseah iudas..þæt he fordemed wæs, þa ongann he hreowsian. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 95 Ac he nalde mid his to-cume þa sunfullen fordemen. a 1250 Owl & Night. 1098 And him fordeme lif and lime. c 1320 Cast. Love 447 Nout..þat nis destrued and to-dreued, And dreynt, for-loren, and for-demed. |