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seem (sēm)

intransitive verb

    1. to appear to be; have the look of being to seem happy
    2. to appear; give the impression: usually followed by an infinitive he seems to know the facts
    3. to have the impression; think: followed by an infinitive I seem to have lost it
  2. to appear to exist there seems no point in going
  3. to be apparently true it seems he was here

Etymology: ME semen, prob. < ON sœma, to conform to (akin to OE seman, to bring to agreement) < IE base *sem- > same

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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