beteem, be tee me

t. [Eng. prefix be, and teem. A.S. tynnwn to teem, to beget, to propagate.] 1. To deliver, to give, to commit, to entrust. "So would I,' said the enchaunter, 'glad and faine Beteeme to you this sword, you to defend." Spenser: F. Q., II. viii. 19. 2. To allow, to permit, to suffer. so loving to my mother That he might not beterm the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly." Shakesp: Ham , 1. 2.