Seem"ing, a.

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. Shak.

 

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Seem"ing, n.

1.

Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.

These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Shak.

2.

Apprehension; judgment.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Nothing more clear unto their seeming. Hooker.

His persuasive words, impregned With reason, to her seeming. Milton.

 

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