Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beteem \Be*teem"\, v. t. [Pref. be- + an old verb teem to be
   fitting; cf. D. betamen to beseem, G. ziemen, Goth. gatiman,
   and E. tame. See {Tame}, a.]
   1. To give; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
      [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton.

   2. To allow; to permit; to suffer. [Obs.]

            So loving to my mother, That he might not beteem the
            winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. --Shak.