steem
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːm
Alternative forms
- stem
Noun
steem (plural steems)
- (obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.
Etymology 2
Aphetic form of esteem.
Noun
steem (plural steems)
- (obsolete) Value. [14th-16th c.]
Verb
steem (third-person singular simple present steems, present participle steeming, simple past and past participle steemed)
- (obsolete) To value, esteem. [16th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:
- His life he steemed dearer than his friend […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.10:
Anagrams
- Tesem, meets, metes, steme, teems, temes, temse