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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seem \Seem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seemed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Seeming}.] [OE. semen to seem, to become befit, AS s?man
to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icel. s?ma to honor, to bear
with conform to s?mr becoming, fit s?ma to beseem, to
befit, sama to beseem, semja to arrange, settle, put right
Goth. samjan to please, and to E. same The sense is probably
due to the adj seemly. [root]191. See {Same}, a., and cf
{Seemly}.]
To appear, or to appear to be to have a show or semblance;
to present an appearance; to look to strike one's
apprehension or fancy as being to be taken as ``It now
seemed probable.'' --Macaulay.
Thou picture of what thou seem'st. --Shak.
All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all
--Milton.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the
end thereof are the ways of death. --Prov. xiv.
12.
{It seems}, it appears; it is understood as true; it is said
A prince of Italy, it seems entertained his
misstress on a great lake. --Addison.
Syn: To appear; look
Usage: {Seem}, {Appear}. To appear has reference to a thing's
being presented to our view; as the sun appears; to
seem is connected with the idea of semblance, and
usually implies an inference of our mind as to the
probability of a thing's being so as a storm seems
to be coming. ``The story appears to be true,'' means
that the facts, as presented, go to show its truth;
``the story seems to be true,'' means that it has the
semblance of being so and we infer that it is true.
``His first and principal care being to appear unto
his people such as he would have them be and to be
such as he appeared.'' --Sir P. Sidney.
Ham. Ay madam, it is common. Queen. If it be
Why seems it so particular with thee? Ham.
Seems madam! Nay, it is I know not ``seems.''
--Shak.
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