Seem

/siːm/ verb

To seem is to appear in a certain way, even if you are not completely sure that it is true.

From Old Norse “sœma” meaning “to fit, conform,” and Old English “sēman” meaning “to appear, be fitting.” It moved from “fitting” to “appearing to be so.”

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