BETEEM

Etymology 1

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Verb

beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)

(transitive, obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.

Etymology 3

Verb

beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)

(transitive, rare) To pour all about.

Anagrams

• 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



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