Seeming

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːmɪŋ

Verb

1. Present participle of seem

Full definition of seeming

Adjective

1. apparentseeming friendship
• ShakespeareMy lord, you have lost a friend indeed;
  And I dare swear you borrow not that face
  Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own.

Noun

1. outward appearance
• 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, ""And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
  On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
  And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
  And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
2. (obsolete) apprehension; judgementNothing more clear unto their seeming. — Hooker.His persuasive words, impregned
   With reason, to her seeming. — Milton.

Derived terms

• seemingness
• seemingly