Meanings
verb
- archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of seem
That unknown, approaching thing, seemeth ever ill, my brother, which must have unfrank heralds to go before.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities1 more example
And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 10:15
Origin
From seem + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.
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