meseems

American  

[mee-seemz] / miˈsimz /

verb

Archaic.

past

meseemed

1. it seems to me.

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meseems British  

/ mɪˈsiːmz /

verb

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

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Etymology

Origin of meseems

1350–1400; Middle English me semeth; see me, seem, -s ²

Example Sentences

Old phantoms haunt it of the long-ago; Old ghosts of old-time lovers and of dreams: Within the quiet sunlight there, meseems, I see them walking where those lilies blow.

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various

In either case, meseems, chance is bound to favour us.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

There is nothing that hallows my mind, meseems, Like the night with its moon and its stars above; 'Tis a mystical lily whose golden gleams Fulfill my being with love.

From A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

Then Sir Ewaine said: "Sir, let us go down to yonder place and seek lodging at that fair castle, for meseems that must be a very pleasant place to abide for the coming night."

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

A shadow's shadow in the glass Of sleep, my spirit saw her pass: And thinking of it now, meseems We only live within our dreams.

From Kentucky Poems by Cawein, Madison J.