beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
(transitive, obsolete) To permit; allow; suffer.
(transitive, obsolete) To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give.
(transitive, dialectal) To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.
beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
(transitive, rare) To pour all about.
• bemeet, bemete
Source: Wiktionary
Be*teem", v. t. Etym: [Pref. be- + an old verb teem to be fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman, and E. tame. See Tame, a.]
1. To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [Obs.] Spenser. Milton.
2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.] So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
