Teemed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teemed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Teeming}.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]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.
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              If she must teem,
              Create her child of spleen.           --Shak.
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     2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to
        overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
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              His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to
              cover former villainy.                --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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              The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which
              teem in our time.                     --F. Harrison.
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