Meaning of beteem | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To permit; allow; suffer.
   obsolete, transitive
2. To bring forth; produce; shed.
   obsolete, transitive
3. To pour all about.
   rare, transitive
4. To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give.
   obsolete, transitive
5. To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
   dialectal, transitive

Examples

“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.”

“So would I (said th'enchaunter) glad and faine / Beteeme to you this sword, you to defend [...].”

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