meseemsv.

Brit.

/mɪˈsiːmz/, U.S.

/miˈsimz/

Inflections: Past tense meseemed;

Forms: see me pron.¹ and seem v.²; also 1800s– meseemeth (archaic).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: me pron.¹, seem v.²

Etymology: < me pron.¹ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + seem v.², originally as a simple syntactic collocation (see seem v.² 8a), in later use apprehended as a single word, probably by analogy with methinks v.Rarely written as one word before the 18th cent.

Now archaic.

impersonal. (Used with subordinate clause or parenthetically.) ‘It seems to me’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have specific appearance [verb (impersonal)] > seem

thinkeOE

it seemsa1225

meseems?a1425

it seems1442

beseem1470

it should seem1525

it would seem1826

seems to me1888

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 40 I seyde..þat þei diden synne to hide goddes myracle as me semed.

1487 W. Caxton tr. J. Legrand Bk. Good Maners iv. v. sig. Fvii ^v And me semeth that the partye that forfayteth his maryage dooth a genst the lawe of nature.

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. cii And in one thynge me semeth that Constance hathe equall prayse with iustyce.

1564 N. Haward in tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. To Rdr. sig. A.vii^v For which causes (me semes) I have taken upon mee..a hard enterprize.

1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. L1^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) It were a comfort vnto vs all to see you, hauing beene as me seemeth very long absent.

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 71 Mee seemes he makes it something more excellent then Faith it selfe.

1716 T. Purney Pastorals after Theocritus ii. 11 Meseem's I see some Fairys dance about!

c1776 W. J. Mickle in Poet. Wks. (1806) p. xlviii. Meseem'd th'Elysian dales around me spread.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 9 Meseems I could discover fitter objects of pity!

1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 307 Meseemeth this is the hour when men array the dead.

1912 E. Pound tr. G. Cavalcanti Sonnets & Ballate 117 Meseemed love's god connived at its completeness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meseems
释义	meseemsv. Brit. /mɪˈsiːmz/, U.S. /miˈsimz/ Inflections: Past tense meseemed; Forms: see me pron.¹ and seem v.²; also 1800s– meseemeth (archaic). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: me pron.¹, seem v.² Etymology: < me pron.¹ (compare sense 2a at that entry) + seem v.², originally as a simple syntactic collocation (see seem v.² 8a), in later use apprehended as a single word, probably by analogy with methinks v.Rarely written as one word before the 18th cent. Now archaic. impersonal. (Used with subordinate clause or parenthetically.) ‘It seems to me’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have specific appearance [verb (impersonal)] > seem thinkeOE it seemsa1225 meseems?a1425 it seems1442 beseem1470 it should seem1525 it would seem1826 seems to me1888 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 40 I seyde..þat þei diden synne to hide goddes myracle as me semed. 1487 W. Caxton tr. J. Legrand Bk. Good Maners iv. v. sig. Fvii ^v And me semeth that the partye that forfayteth his maryage dooth a genst the lawe of nature. 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xviii. sig. cii And in one thynge me semeth that Constance hathe equall prayse with iustyce. 1564 N. Haward in tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. To Rdr. sig. A.vii^v For which causes (me semes) I have taken upon mee..a hard enterprize. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. L1^v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) It were a comfort vnto vs all to see you, hauing beene as me seemeth very long absent. 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 71 Mee seemes he makes it something more excellent then Faith it selfe. 1716 T. Purney Pastorals after Theocritus ii. 11 Meseem's I see some Fairys dance about! c1776 W. J. Mickle in Poet. Wks. (1806) p. xlviii. Meseem'd th'Elysian dales around me spread. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 9 Meseems I could discover fitter objects of pity! 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 307 Meseemeth this is the hour when men array the dead. 1912 E. Pound tr. G. Cavalcanti Sonnets & Ballate 117 Meseemed love's god connived at its completeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.?a1425
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