beteem

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That he might not beteem the winds of heaven

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  1. To bring forth; produce; shed. Lys. Why is your cheek so pale? How chance the roses there do fade so fast? Her. Belike for want of rain; which I could well Beteem them from the tempest of mine eyes. Shak., M. N. D., i. 1.
  2. To allow; permit; suffer. So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Shak., Hamlet, i. 2.
  3. To vouchsafe; accord; give. “So would I,” said the Enchanter, “glad and faine Beteeme to you this sword.” Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 19. Although hee could have well beteem'd to have thankt him of the ease hee profer'd, yet loving his owne handiworke, modestly refus'd him. Milton, Def. of Humb. Remonst.

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  • That he might not beteem the winds of heaven —  Hamlet
  • That he might not beteem [51] the winds of heaven —  Hamlet
  • That he might not beteem the wind of heaven —  Shakspere, Personal Recollections
  • Hypĕrīon, Hypērĭon, a mistake not unusual among our English poets.] [Footnote I. 51: _Might not beteem_] _i. e._, might not allow, permit.] [Footnote I. 52: _I'll change that name with you. _] _i. e._, do not call yourself my _servant_, you are my _friend_; so I shall call you, and so I would have you call me.] [Footnote I. 53: _In faith. —  Hamlet
 

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