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Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.]

[OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m. See Team.]

1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak.

2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.

His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott.

The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Teem \Teem\, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.]

That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Teem \Teem\, v. t. [Icel. t[ae]ma to empty, from t[=o]mr empty; akin to Dan. t["o]mme to empty, Sw. t["o]mma. See Toom to empty.]

1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

--Swift.

2. (Steel Manuf.) To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Teem \Teem\, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]

To think fit. [Obs. or R.]

--G. Gifford.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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