Seem Definition
- be real
Origin of Seem
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Middle English semen "to seem, befit, be becoming" from Old Norse sÅ“ma (“to conform to, beseem, befit") (> Danish sømme (“beseem")) from sÅ“mr (“fitting, seemly"), from Proto-Germanic *sōmijanÄ… (“to unite, fit"), akin to Old Norse sōmi (“honour") (> archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment")), Old English sÄ“man (“to reconcile, bring an agreement"), Old English sōm (“agreement").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English semen from Old Norse sœma to conform to from sœmr fitting sem-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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