My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; And I dare
swear you borrow not that face Of seeming sorrow, it is
sure your own. --Shak.
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.
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. ``The story appears to be true,'' means
that the facts, as presented, go to show its truth;
``the story seems to be true,'' means that it has the
semblance of being so, and we infer that it is true.
``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.'' --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 ``seems.''
--Shak.
These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long.
--Shak.
2. Apprehension; judgment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Nothing more clear unto their seeming. --Hooker.
His persuasive words, impregned With reason, to her
seeming. --Milton.