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; me, seem, -s ²

Example Sentences

"That being so, sir," she resumed once more, "meseems that you should be equally ready to do me service and to ask me no questions, provided that I pay you well."

From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Accordingly, the Gauls, after innumerable insurrectionary efforts—" "Well, my boy, meseems the method is not new, but ever is the right one.

From The Galley Slave's Ring or The Family of Lebrenn. A Tale of The French Revolution of 1848 by Sue, Eug?ne

Whate'er betide, meseems we cannot do worse on the continent than in Hispaniola.

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion

"Certes, Robert," returned the knight, "meseems thou art very desirous that my daughter shall be wedded."

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene

"So meseems it pleaseth mighty Zeus, who hath laid low the head of many a city, yea, and shall lay low, for his is the highest power."

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew