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▪ I. † beˈteem, v.1 Obs.
Also 6–7 beteeme, 7 beteam(e, betemme, (erron. beterme).
[App. f. be- 2 + teem, to think fit; but the rarity of the simple vb., and its non-occurrence in ME. or OE. (though in OS. teman, OHG. zeman) raise historical difficulties of which there is at present no solution. Beteem is parallel to Du. betamen.]
1. trans. To think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, grant, consent. Const. inf. or obj. clause.
1565Golding Ovid's Met. x. 157 (R.) Yet could he not beteeme The shape of any other bird than eagle for to seeme. 1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1738 I. 95 He could have well beteem'd to have thank'd him of the ease he profer'd. 1642Rogers Naaman 170 He cannot beteame to promote his Master's with the losse of his owne. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 25 Gray Gravity it selfe can well beteam, That Language be adapted to the Theme.
2. To vouchsafe, accord, grant, concede. (Const. To beteem a person a thing, a thing to a possessor.)
1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. i. 131 Raine, which I could well Beteeme them, from the tempest of mine eyes. 1642Rogers Naaman 53 Still I can beteame thee that same loue, if thou wert not weary of it. 1654Trapp Comm. Ezra i. 6 David..could beteeme God more love and service then he is able to bestow. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 108 We can no more betemme wholeness to the one, than to the other.
b. To allow, permit (to do something). rare.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 141 That he might not beteene [v.r. beteeme] the windes..Visit her face too roughly.
3. To think (a person) worthy, to admit the worth of.
1627W. Sclater Expos. 2 Thess. (1632) 221 Grace may be emulous, is not envious; easily, willingly, fainely beteemes another.
▪ II. † beˈteem, v.2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. be- 1 + teem v. to empty, pour.]
trans. To pour all about.
1618T. Adams Gener. Serp. Wks. I. 75 These..beteem their poison..to the overthrow of all.
▪ III. beteem, v.3 rare—1.|bɪˈtiːm|
[f. be- 2 + teem, to bring forth.]
trans. To give birth to.
1855Singleton Virgil I. 88 Then earth with cursed birth both Ceus and Iapetus Beteems [creat]. |
