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meseems

[ mee-seemz ]

verb (impersonal)

, Archaic.
, past me·seemed.
  1. it seems to me.


meseems

/ mɪˈsiːmz /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr; takes a clause as object it seems to me
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of meseems1

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

"It needs small consideration, meseems," said Myles Standish, impatiently.

I bore the agony of parting from her, and now must abide by it, meseems, for I cannot believe that she is here and safe.

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

Ay, but we are being surely overhauled, and meseems 'twere better to take the risk of running aground than to fall into the hands of the Spaniards.

To go back the way we came is a four leagues march; we all be wearied and for-done, and meseems 'twere better to go forward two leagues into the forest.

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