seem

verb2

1. •
   to appear to be something, although that may not really be true

   • She is seeming a bit down these days. Her eyes seem blue. It must have seemed to her she was safe. How'd she seem to you? He seems not to be at home. "It seems like rain". "It seems to me (to be) rather sleety."; "There seem to be a few problems."
   • It seems a pity, but I can't see you this weekend.
2. •
   (no longer used) To befit; to beseem.

   • And all within were pathes and alleies wide, With footing worne, and leading inward farre: Faire harbour that them seemes; so in they entred arre. — 1590