meseems

[ mee-seemz ]

/ miˈsimz /

verb (impersonal); past me·seemed. Archaic.

it seems to me.

Nearby words

mescaline, mesclun, mesdames, mesdemoiselles, mesectoderm, meseems, mesembryanthemum, mesencephalic, mesencephalic flexure, mesencephalic tegmentum, mesencephalitis

Origin of meseems

1350–1400; Middle English me semeth; see me, seem, -s²

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Examples from the Web for meseems

Meseems that only I,—I alone among mortals,— Ever suffered such heat!
Shadowings|Lafcadio Hearn
In sooth this p. 40greatly rejoices our hearts, and yet, to my conceit, meseems I can vie with thee.
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus|Theocritus
And seeing his trouble she answered him gently: "Meseems thou couldst not do anything I would not understand."
The Stars in the Pool|Edna Kingsley Wallace
She answered, "Meseems thou art a brave man if thou durst abide at home here."
The Story of Grettir The Strong|Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris

"Stiff is thine heart, meseems, foster-mother," said Thorbiorn.
The Story of Grettir The Strong|Translated by Eirikr Magnusson and William Morris

British Dictionary definitions for meseems

meseems

/ (mɪˈsiːmz) /

verb past meseemed

(tr; takes a clause as object) archaic it seems to me

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