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Beteem vs Betee - What's the difference?

beteem | betee |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between beteem and betee

is that beteem is (obsolete) to bring forth; produce; shed while betee is (obsolete) to bring about; manage; arrange.

As verbs the difference between beteem and betee

is that beteem is (obsolete) to permit; allow; suffer or beteem can be (obsolete) to bring forth; produce; shed or beteem can be (rare) to pour all about while betee is (obsolete) to draw over (as a covering); cover; veil.

beteem

English

Etymology 1

From .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To permit; allow; suffer.
  • *1601 , ", act 1 scene 2 lines 139-143:
  • *:So excellent a king, that was to this / Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother / That he might not beteem the winds of heaven / Visit her face too roughly.
  • (obsolete) To grant, vouchsafe (something to someone); accord; give.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
  • *:So would I (said th'enchaunter) glad and faine / Beteeme to you this sword, you to defend [...].
  • (dialectal) To bestow; afford; allow; deign.

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To bring forth; produce; shed.

    • Etymology 3

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare) To pour all about.

    • betee

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To draw over (as a covering); cover; veil.
  • (obsolete) To pull or tug at.
  • (obsolete) To employ; spend; bestow (time, pains, etc.)
  • (obsolete) To bring about; manage; arrange.