From en.wiktionary.org:
[Seem]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en] From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with [sco], [da],
[gmq-osw], [fo]. Related also to [non] ( > archaic [da]), [non], [ang],
[ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To appear ; to look outwardly ; to be perceive d as.
2. * [Creation]
3. * 1813 (14 <sup> th </sup> c.), [Dante Alighieri] , _The Vision of Hell_ as translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary.
4. *: He, from his face removing the gross air, / Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and SEEM'D alone / By that annoyance wearied.
5. * [chapter=1]
6. * [chapter=2]
7. * [chapter=19]
8. * {{ quote-journal | en | journal=AV Club | date=August 5, 2012 | author=Nathan Rabin
|title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (see
http://www.avclub.com/articles/i-love-lisa,83183/) (season 4, episode 15;
originally aired 02/11/1993) |passage=So while Ralph generally SEEMS to
inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here
his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears
to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s
never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.}}
1. [en] To befit ; to beseem .
2. * [1=en]
**** Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the _to infinitive_ . See Appendix:English catenative verbs
**** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
<!--* [en] Undergoing RFD-->
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[to appear, to seem] [en] [to appear]
- Arabic: [ar] ( [present tense:] [ar] ), [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chickasaw: [cic] , [cic]
- Chinese:
- Choctaw: [cho]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Ewe: [ee]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Haitian Creole: [ht]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf] , [nrf]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [colloquial]
- Santali: [sat]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc] , [sc]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Middle Dutch
*** Etymology
From [dum], from [dum].
*** Noun
[head=sêem]
1. honey
**** Inflection
[sêem]
**** Descendants
- [nl]
- [vls]
*** Further reading
- [ID53472]
- [50938]
** Middle English
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
- [enm]
*** Etymology 1
[enm] [enm], from [enm], from [enm]. The "nail" sense is a [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Noun
[semes]
1. [enm] A seam [in fabric] .
2. A depression or indentation :
1. A furrow or trench ; a depression in the ground .
2. A seam [scar or cicatrix] .
3. A seam [suture or stitching] .
4. [enm] A bodily depression or furrow .
3. [enm] Clinching nail s.
***** Related terms
- [enm]
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [sēm(e]
- [sēm(e]
*** Etymology 2
[enm] [enm], from [enm], from [enm], from [enm], from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
- [enm]
**** Noun
[semes]
1. A load for a pack-horse .
2. A seam [unit of weight or volume]
***** Related terms
- [enm]
***** Descendants
- [en]
***** References
- [sēm(e]
[enm]