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English Dictionary: Seemänner by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seem
v
  1. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"
    Synonym(s): look, appear, seem
  2. seem to be true, probable, or apparent; "It seems that he is very gifted"; "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"
    Synonym(s): appear, seem
  3. appear to exist; "There seems no reason to go ahead with the project now"
  4. appear to one's own mind or opinion; "I seem to be misunderstood by everyone"; "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seem \Seem\, v. t.
      To befit; to beseem. [Obs.] --Spenser.

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. [bd]It now
      seemed probable.[b8] --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. [bd]The story appears to be true,[b8]
                  means that the facts, as presented, go to show its
                  truth; [bd]the story seems to be true,[b8] means that
                  it has the semblance of being so, and we infer that it
                  is true. [bd]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.[b8] --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
                           [bd]seems.[b8]                              --Shak.
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