Thesaurus: beteem

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1. a. To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
2. a. To allow; to permit; to suffer.
3. 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.
4. beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed) (transitive, obsolete) To permit; allow; suffer. (transitive, obsolete) To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give. (transitive, dialectal) To bestow; afford; allow; deign. beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed) (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed. beteem (third-person singular simple present beteems, present participle beteeming, simple past and past participle beteemed) (transitive, rare) To pour all about.