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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
seem/siːm/

▶verb

1 give the impression of being.

2 (cannot seem to do something) be unable to do something, despite having tried.

– origin ME (also in the sense ‘be appropriate’): from ON sœma ‘to honour’, from sœmr ‘fitting’.

'seem' also found in these Oxford entries:

appear - bid - bitty - channel - compute - conspire - deceive - dignify - discredit - Docetism - dogma - dwarf - glamorize - iridescent - junk DNA - loom - make - methinks - mind - pale - seemly - semblable - semblance - set - star - threaten - trivialize - ventriloquist - wash - weight - whirl

Forum discussions with the word(s) "seem" in the title:

...could seem to be much the greater.
'seem' vs. 'seem to be'
"[Adj.] as it may seem"
"can't seem to be able to" is redundant?
"Do not seem to be ..." or "Seem to be not ..."?
"He doesn't seem to be rich." or "He seems not to be rich."
"It seems not to be the case" vs. "It does not seem to be the case"
"It's been my experience Candians seem to"
"seem to be reaching for" VS "seem to reach for"
"So it would seem..."
"yours seem/s to be"
A lie that would not seem a lie
an open secret that the schools seem unable to stop
appear, look and seem
as it might seem
As strange as it may seem OR Strange as it may seem
can be seem (can be seen)
days of prosperity might seem numbered
Democrats in the talks (seem) "committed" to raising taxes
did seem to
Do we use "seem to be " or just "seem".
doesn't seem to be going to stop
doesn't seem to date
don’t /do not seem in agreement
dynamic developments that seem accelerated
However strange / Strange though [it may seem]
I can't seem to motivate myself. What does it mean?
i cant seem to learn...
I don't seem to get what is coming to me
If they knew ... didn't seem so important.
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