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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BETEEM

v.t.[be and teem. ] To bring forth; to produce; to shed; to bestow. [Not used. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BETEEM

Be *teem ", v. t. Etym: [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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