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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
truthMy lord, you have lost a friend indeed;
And I dare swear you borrow not that face
Of
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
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
- present participle of seem
Adjective
seeming (comparative more seeming, superlative most seeming)
- 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
apparent
Noun
seeming (plural seemings)
- 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
- 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"
- (obsolete) apprehension; judgement
- Nothing more clear unto their seeming. — Hooker.
- His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming. — Milton.
Translations
outward appearance
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