beteems
beteems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of beteem.
Meaning of beteem
Verb (1)
beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
- To permit; allow; suffer.
- 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give.
- So would I (said th'enchaunter) glad and faine / Beteeme to you this sword, you to defend [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
Verb (2)
beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
- To bring forth; produce; shed.
Verb (3)
beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed)
- To pour all about.
Questions about beteems
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