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Seem

verb

(past & past part. seemed; pres. part. seeming)

Give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect. Synonyms: appear, look. "This appears to be a very difficult problem" , "This project looks fishy" , "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

Seem to be true, probable, or apparent. Synonym: appear. "It appears that the weather in California is very bad"

Appear to exist.

Appear to one's own mind or opinion. "I can't seem to learn these Chinese characters"

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"Seem" Quotes from Famous Books

... It may seem a little surprising that Alf did not make a better resistance when he found himself being carried away on horseback. It is no easy matter for even an Indian to carry a person lying in front of him on a bare-backed broncho when the person is helpless and still. It is a yet less easy matter—if ...

— The Fiery Totem - A Tale of Adventure in the Canadian North-West • Argyll Saxby

... through all the Arteries and Veins of the whole Body, rousing up all humours, the party will sweat, for the Stone opens all the pores of the Body, and drives forth all humours thereby, so that the Patient will seem to have been in the Water, yet will this sweating not make him sicker, for the Stone expels only what is adverse to Nature, preserving what is consonant unto it in its being, therefore the Patient is ...

— Of Natural and Supernatural Things • Basilius Valentinus

... may seem, the twins kept their word, and as a result, when the examinations were held for the term, both came through with markings which were ...

— The Rover Boys Under Canvas - or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine • Arthur M. Winfield

... minister's sister. She has been ill with rheumatic fever. She is better now, but doesn't seem to get strong very fast. She ought to go out more, but she isn't able to walk. I really must try and get around tomorrow. She keeps house for her brother at the manse. He isn't ...

— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... seem to cut much ice with you fellows," commented Fred. "I never thought much of him myself, but you seem to have it in for him especially. I suppose it's because he tried to play that dirty trick on Frank ...

— Army Boys on the Firing Line - or, Holding Back the German Drive • Homer Randall

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