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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Teem  \Teem\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Teemed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Teeming}.]  [OE.  temen,  AS  t[=e]man,  t?man,  from  te['a]m. 
  See  {Team}.] 
  1.  To  bring  forth  young,  as  an  animal;  to  produce  fruit,  as  a 
  plant;  to  bear;  to  be  pregnant;  to  conceive;  to  multiply. 
 
  If  she  must  teem,  Create  her  child  of  spleen. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  be  full,  or  ready  to  bring  forth;  to  be  stocked  to 
  overflowing;  to  be  prolific;  to  abound. 
 
  His  mind  teeming  with  schemes  of  future  deceit  to 
  cover  former  villainy.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  The  young,  brimful  of  the  hopes  and  feeling  which 
  teem  in  our  time.  --F.  Harrison. 




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