单词 | beteem |
释义 | † beteemv.1 Obsolete. 1. transitive. To think fit or proper; to vouchsafe, grant, consent. Const. infinitive or object clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] > deign to do grantc1305 vouchsafea1350 beteem1567 vouch1589 condescend1599 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) x. f. 124v Yit could he not beteeme The shape of any other Bird than Aegle for too seeme. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 52 Hee could have well beteem'd to have thankt him of the ease hee profer'd. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 170 He cannot beteame to promote his Master's with the losse of his owne. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 24 Gray Gravity it selfe can well beteam, That Language be adapted to the Theme. 2. a. To vouchsafe, accord, grant, concede. (Const. To beteem a person a thing, a thing to a possessor.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have lenda900 unneeOE titheeOE i-unneeOE reachOE aleneOE yatea1122 yielda1225 grant1297 vouchsafe1303 agrauntea1400 octroy1480 vouchsafe1587 beteem1600 stretch1711 accordc1820 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 131 Raine: which I could well Beteeme them, from the tempest of my eyes. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 53 Still I can beteame thee that same loue, if thou wert not weary of it. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra (i. 6) 7 David..could beteeme God..more love and service then he is able to performe to him. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 108 We can no more betemme wholeness to the one, than to the other. b. To allow, permit (to do something). rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] > permit to do leaveOE suffer1387 vouchsafe14.. admitc1425 permitc1475 promit?1511 beteem1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 141 That he might not beteeme [1623 beteene] the winds..Visite her face too roughly. View more context for this quotation 3. To think (a person) worthy, to admit the worth of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE weenc1000 praisec1250 setc1374 set by1393 endaunt1399 prizec1400 reverencec1400 tender1439 repute1445 to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457 to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475 pricec1480 to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483 force1509 to look upon ——c1515 to have (also hold) in estimationc1522 to make reckoning of1525 esteem1530 regard1533 to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540 value1549 to make dainty of (anything)1555 reckon1576 to be struck on1602 agrade1611 respect1613 beteem1627 appreciate1648 to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665 to think small beer of1816 to think the world of1826 existimate1847 reckon1919 rate1973 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1632) 221 Grace may be emulous, is not envious; easily, willingly, fainely beteemes another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † beteemv.2 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To pour all about. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > copiously yeteOE effuse1398 hella1400 pourc1451 pump1580 shower1611 beteem?1630 repump1753 pail1807 volume1815 ?1630 T. Adams Wks. 892 These..beteem [1618 reads betweene] their poison..to the overthrow of all. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). beteemv.3 rare. transitive. To give birth to. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > confine or deliver [verb (transitive)] > give birth forthbring971 akenOE haveOE bearOE to bring into the worldOE teemOE i-bereOE to bring forthc1175 childc1175 reara1275 ofkenc1275 hatcha1350 makea1382 yielda1400 cleck1401 issue1447 engenderc1450 infant1483 deliver?a1518 whelp1581 world1596 yean1598 fall1600 to give (a person or thing) birth1615 to give birth to1633 drop1662 pup1699 born1703 to throw off1742 beteem1855 birth1855 parturiate1866 shell1890 to put to bed1973 bring- 1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 88 Then earth With cursed birth both Cæus and Iapetus Beteems [creat]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.11567v.2?1630v.31855 |
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