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meseems

American  
[mee-seemz] / miˈsimz /

verb

Archaic.

past

meseemed
  1. it seems to me.


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

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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.

Oh, I am so old, meseems     I am next of kin to Time, The historian of her dreams     From the long-forgotten prime.

From The Divine Vision and Other Poems by A.E.

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

And so I let my boyish days flow by, In hunting, feats of arms, and horsemanship; Nor is it meet, meseems, for chivalry To pore the livelong day on scholarship.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

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)