Dictionary entry

Teem (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Teemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. tēman, t�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.

If she must teem,

Create her child of spleen. Shak.

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

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

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