steemed
simple past tense and past participle of steem
• deemest, esteem'd
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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
