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

I now call all things to mind, and meseems I began belonging to thee from the very first moment, when I had not yet had time to behold thee, but had merely heard thy voice.

From Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity by Kuprin, A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich)

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

And one day he and the Lady Elaine were alone in that room where he lay and he said, "Lady, meseems you have had great cause to hate me."

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

There were sweetness and holiness in Christmas-keeping, meseems.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

My friend," here interposed a gentle, very urbane voice, "meseems thy zeal somewhat outruns thy discretion.

From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness