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beteem |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Beteem \Be*teem"\, v. t. [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.
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