steem

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːm

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• stem

Noun

steem (plural steems)

1. (obsolete) A gleam of light; a flame.

Etymology 2

Aphetic form of esteem.

Noun

steem (plural steems)

1. (obsolete) Value. [14th–16th c.]

Verb

steem (third-person singular simple present steems, present participle steeming, simple past and past participle steemed)

1. (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 960102938:

     His life he steemed dearer than his friend […].

Anagrams

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