meseems

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Through thee, meseems, the very rose is red,

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  1. intransitive verb Archaic It seems to me.

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  • At that season of love, of growth, of unfolding life, meseems, as I walk through the woods, that the loving-kindness of the Most High is more than ever nigh unto me; for the forest is as a church, a glorious cathedral at highest festival, all filled with light and song, and decked in every nook and corner with gay fresh flowers and leafy garlands Then all is suddenly hushed. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
  • Greater power and more mighty mediation are needed to save and deliver me, and behold, my Margery, meseems--hear me Margery--meseems a special ruling of Heaven hath sent When is it that his Eminence Cardinal Bernhardi will return from England Hereupon I saw plainly what was in the wind. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
  • Greater power and more mighty mediation are needed to save and deliver me, and behold, my Margery, meseems--hear me Margery--meseems a special ruling of Heaven hath sent.... When is it that his Eminence Cardinal Bernhardi will return from England Hereupon I saw plainly what was in the wind. —  Margery — Complete
  • At that season of love, of growth, of unfolding life, meseems, as I walk through the woods, that the loving- kindness of the Most High is more than ever nigh unto me; for the forest is as a church, a glorious cathedral at highest festival, all filled with light and song, and decked in every nook and corner with gay fresh flowers and leafy garlands Then all is suddenly hushed. —  Margery — Volume 02
  • * Flies my soul well nigh as his steps I greet: While he dances no foot stands still and meseems * That the fire of my heart is beneath his feet And as quoth another,[FN#328 A dancer whose figure is like a willow-branch: my soul almost quitteth me at the sight of her movements. —  Arabian nights. English
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  1. Middle English me semeth : me, to me; see me + semeth, third person sing. present tense of semen, to seem; see seem.

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  1. Orig. and prop, two words me seems (preterit me seemed): me, dative of I (see me); seem, appear: see seem. Cf. methinks.
 

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