Beteem
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Beteem is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To permit; allow; suffer.
Meaning
(transitive, obsolete) To permit; allow; suffer.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give.
- (transitive, dialectal) To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.
- (transitive, rare) To pour all about.
Example Sentences
So would I (said th'enchaunter) glad and faine / Beteeme to you this sword, you to defend [...].
So excellent a king, that was to this / Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother / That he might not beteem the winds of heaven / Visit her face too roughly.
Word Forms
- beteems
- beteeming
- beteemed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suffer, have, beteach, allow, permit, abear.
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