seemed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: seemed	by the DICT Development Group
1 result for seemed
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.