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fordeem en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English fordemen, from Old English fordēman (“to condemn, sentence, doom; prejudice; decide”), from Proto-Germanic *fradōmijaną (“to condemn, damn”). By surface analysis, for- + deem. Cognate with Old High German fortuomen, furtuomen, Icelandic fordæma (“to condemn”), Dutch verdoemen.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To condemn.
   • Under Islamic canon law, known as sharia, fordeeming a man of rape needs the testimony of at least four muslim men as eyewitnesses to the deed of penetration. 2015, LT Wolf, The World King - Book I: The Reckoning:

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forjudge