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seeme

seeme is the obsolete spelling of seem.

Meaning of seem

Verb

seem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)

  1. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
    • She is seeming a bit down these days. Her eyes seem blue. It must have seemed to her she was safe. How'd she seem to you? He seems not to be at home. "It seems like rain". "It seems to me (to be) rather sleety."; "There seem to be a few problems."
  2. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
    • And all within were pathes and alleies wide,
      With footing worne, and leading inward farre:
      Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

Forms of seeme

third-person singular presentseemes
present participleseeming
past participleseemed
pastseemed

Questions about seeme

What is seeme the obsolete spelling of?
Seeme is the obsolete spelling of seem.

Words near seeme in the dictionary

  1. seem'st
  2. Seema
  3. Seeman
  4. Seemanova syndrome
  5. Seemans
  6. seeme
  7. seemed
  8. seemedst
  9. seemer
  10. seemers
  11. seemes

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