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Webster 1913 Edition


Seeming

Seem′ing

,
Adj.
Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting;
as,
seeming
friendship;
seeming
truth
.
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.
Shakespeare

Seem′ing

,
Noun.
1.
Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.
These keep
Seeming
and savor all the winter long.
Shakespeare
2.
Apprehension; judgment.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Nothing more clear unto their
seeming
.
Hooker.
His persuasive words, impregned
With reason, to her
seeming
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Seeming

SEE'MING

,
ppr.
1. Appearing; having the appearance or semblance, whether real or not.
2. a. Specious.

SEE'MING

,
Noun.
1. Appearance; show; semblance.
2. Fair appearance.
These keep

Definition 2024


seeming

seeming

English

Verb

seeming

  1. present participle of seem

Adjective

seeming (comparative more seeming, superlative most seeming)

  1. apparent
    seeming friendship
    • Shakespeare
      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.

Translations

Noun

seeming (plural seemings)

  1. outward appearance
    • 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
      And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
  2. (obsolete) apprehension; judgement
    Nothing more clear unto their seeming. Hooker.
    His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming. Milton.

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