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, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  His life he steemed dearer than his friend […].

Anagrams

Tesem, meets, metes, steme, teems, temes, temse

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