Teem (?), v. t. [Icel. taema to empty, from tomr empty; akin to Dan. tomme to empty, Sw. tomma. 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.
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Teem, v. t. [See Tame, a., and cf. Beteem.]
To think fit.
[Obs. or R.]
G. Gifford.
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Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. t�xc7;man, tman, from te�xa0;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.
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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.
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