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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To adjudge; to try, test. archaic, transitive

   "So unto him they did addeeme the prise Of all that Tryumph."

2. 2
   To deem; think; judge; esteem; account; determine; be of an opinion. obsolete, transitive

Example

More examples

"So unto him they did addeeme the prise Of all that Tryumph."

Etymology

From Middle English *ademen, from Old English ādēman (“to judge, adjudge, doom, deem, try, adjudicate”); equivalent to a- + deem.

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