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Steem

Steem

(stēm)
,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See
Esteem
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Steem

,
Verb.
&
Noun.
See 1st and 2nd
Stem
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
{

Stem

,

Steem

, }
Verb.
I.
To gleam.
[Obs.]
His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[And]
stemed
as a furnace of a leed [caldron].
Chaucer.
{

Stem

,

Steem

}
,
Noun.
A gleam of light; flame.
[Obs.]

Definition 2024

steem

steem

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Alternative forms

Noun

steem ‎(plural steems)

  1. (obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of esteem.

Noun

steem ‎(plural steems)

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

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To value, esteem. [16th-17th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:
      His life he steemed dearer than his friend […].

Etymology

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