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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
