different between seem vs seemed
seem
English
Alternative forms
- seme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English semen (“to seem, befit, be becoming”), from Old Norse sœma (“to conform to, beseem, befit”), from Proto-Germanic *s?mijan? (“to unite, fit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; whole”). Cognate with Scots seme (“to be fitting; beseem”), Danish sømme (“to beseem”), Old Swedish søma, Faroese søma (“to be proper”). Related also to Old Norse sómi (“honour”) ( > archaic Danish somme (“decent comportment”)), Old Norse sœmr (“fitting, seemly”), Old English s?man (“to reconcile, bring an agreement”), Old English s?m (“agreement”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
- Homophones: seam, seme
Verb
seem (third-person singular simple present seems, present participle seeming, simple past and past participle seemed)
- (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.
- 1813 (14thc.), Dante Alighieri, The Vision of Hell as translated by The Rev. H. F. Cary.
- He, from his face removing the gross air, / Oft his left hand forth stretch'd, and seem'd alone / By that annoyance wearied.
- 1460-1500, The Towneley Plays?
- (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- meseems
- seeming
- seemingly
- seemly
- seemlihood
- seemliness
Translations
Anagrams
- Esme, Esmé, emes, mese, seme, semé, smee
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch s?m, from Proto-Germanic *saimaz.
Noun
sêem m
- honey
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: zeem
- West Flemish: zêem
Further reading
- “seem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “seem”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
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seemed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si?md/
Verb
seemed
- simple past tense and past participle of seem
Anagrams
- deemes, seméed
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