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   Beteem , 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.]
   To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent. [Obs.]
   Spenser. Milton.
   
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   To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]
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   So loving to my mother,
   That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
   Visit her face too roughly.
   Shak.
   
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