seeming

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SEE'MING, ppr. 1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not. 2. adjective. Specious. SEE'MING, noun. 1. Appearance; show; semblance. 2. Fair appearance. These keep Seeming and and savor all the winter long. Shak. 3. Opinion or liking; favorable opinion. Nothing more clear to their seeming. Hooker. His persuasive words impregn'd with reason to her seeming. Obs. Milton.
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