v. t. [ Pref. be- + an old verb teem to be fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman, and E. tame. See Tame, a. ] 1. To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a committee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disesteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming. ] 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disesteems. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Esteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming. ] [ F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask. Cf. Aim, Estimate. ] 1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he esteem thy riches? Job xxxvi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. Tennyson.

Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t. ] 1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most dear in the esteem
And poor in worth! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem. Shak.

Syn. -- See Estimate, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [ R. ] “Esteemable qualities.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mésestime. ] Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. & n. See Esteem. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. & n. See 1st and 2nd Stem. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. To gleam. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His head bald, that shone as any glass, . . .
[ And ] stemed as a furnace of a leed [ caldron ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. A gleam of light; flame. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That [ grief ] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute teems a new one. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Icel. tæma to empty, from tōmr empty; akin to Dan. tömme to empty, Sw. tömma. See Toom to empty. ] 1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem. ] To think fit. [ Obs. or R. ] G. Gifford. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Teemed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming. ] [ OE. temen, AS. tēman, t&unr_;man, from teám. See Team. ] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. [ 1913 Webster ]

If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. [ 1913 Webster ]

His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who teems, or brings forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pregnant; prolific. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brimful. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prolific; productive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth. [ Poetic ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]