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Webster 1913 Edition
Beteem
Be-teem′
,Verb.
T.
[Pref. ]
be-
+ an old verb teem
to be fitting; cf. D. betamen
to beseem, G. ziemen
, Goth. gatiman
, and E. tame
. See Tame
, Adj.
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
Visit her face too roughly.
That he might not
beteem
the winds of heavenVisit her face too roughly.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Beteem
BETEE'M
,Verb.
T.