These are the meanings of the letters BETEEMS when you unscramble them.
- Beseem (v. i.)
To seem; to appear; to be fitting.
- Beseem (v. t.)
Literally: To appear or seem (well, ill, best, etc.) for (one) to do or to have. Hence: To be fit, suitable, or proper for, or worthy of; to become; to befit.
- Esteem (v. i.)
To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider.
- Esteem (v. t.)
Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price.
- Esteem (v. t.)
High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth.
- Esteem (v. t.)
To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship.
- Esteem (v. t.)
To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.
- Mestee (n.)
The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies.