STEEM

Etymology 1

Noun

steem (plural steems)

(obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.

Etymology 2

Noun

steem (plural steems)

(obsolete) Value. [14th-16th c.]

Verb

steem (third-person singular simple present steems, present participle steeming, simple past and past participle steemed)

(obsolete) To value, esteem. [16th-17th c.]

Anagrams

• Tesem, meets, metes, steme, teems, temes, temse

Source: Wiktionary


Steem, n. & v.

Definition: See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.

Steem, n. & v.

Definition: See 1st and 2nd Stem. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Stem, Steem, v. i.

Definition: To gleam. [Obs.] His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . . [And] stemed as a furnace of a leed [caldron]. Chaucer.

Stem, Steem, n.

Definition: A gleam of light; flame. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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