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seeming Definition


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seem
verb, intr seemed, seeming
    1. To appear to the eye; to give the impression of (being).
      Example: She seems happy today
      Thesaurus: appear, pretend, resemble, look, manifest.
    2. To be apparent; to appear to the mind.
      Example: There seems to be no good reason for refusing
    3. To think or believe oneself (to be, do, etc).
      Example: I seem to know you from somewhere
Etymology: 12c: from Norse soemr fitting.




seeming
adj
    1. Apparent; ostensible.
      Thesaurus: apparent, professed, illusory, ostensible, outward, superficial, surface, pseudo, quasi-, specious; Antonym: real.
noun
    1. Appearance; a false appearance.
Derivative: seemingly
adverb
    Etymology: 14c.



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