Dictionary entry

Beteem

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Be‐teem″ (�), 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. Spenser. Milton.

2. To allow; to permit; to suffer.

So loving to my mother,

That he might not beteem the winds of heaven

Visit her face too roughly.

Shak.