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Definition: Beteem
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.
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2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]
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So loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. --Shak.
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