SEEM, v. i. 1. To appear; to make or have a show or semblance. Thou art not what thou seems't. Shak. All seem'd well pleased; all seem'd, but were not all. Milton. 2. To have the appearance of truth or fact; to be understood as true. It seems that the Turkish power is on the decline. A prince of Italy, it seems, entertained his mistress on a great lake. Addison. SEEM, v. t. To become; to befit. Obs.
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