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(dialectal) To bestow; afford; allow; deign.
(obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.
(rare) To pour all about.
From be- + teem (“to befit”). Cognate with Dutch betamen (“to befit, behove, beseem”).
From Wiktionary
From be- + teem (“to empty, pour”).
From be- + teem (“to produce”).
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