Seem
Seem (sēm) , intransitive verb
[Old English semen to seem, to become, befit, Anglo-Saxon sēman to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icelandic saema to honor, to bear with, conform to, saemr becoming, fit, sōma to beseem, to befit, sama to beseem, semja to arrange, settle, put right, Gothic samjan to please, and to English same. The sense is probably due to the adj. seemly. r191. See Same, a., and compare 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.
Thou picture of what thou seem'st.
All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all.
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death.
A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his mistress on a great lake.
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.”
Collocations (1)
It seems , it appears; it is understood as true; it is said.
Seem , transitive verb
To befit; to beseem. [Obsolete] — Spenser