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  • noun Plural form of seemer.

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Examples

  • The disguised Duke wishes to test Angelo to determine, as he says, Tf power change purpose, what our seemers be '.

    Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002

  • The poetic dreamer cannot take the trouble to tie up the loose ends of a story: the real purpose of “Measure for Measure,” which is the confusion of the pretended ascetic Angelo, is fulfilled, and that is sufficient for the thinker, who has thus shown what “our seemers be.”

    The Man Shakespeare Harris, Frank, 1855-1931 1909

  • The poetic dreamer cannot take the trouble to tie up the loose ends of a story: the real purpose of "Measure for Measure," which is the confusion of the pretended ascetic Angelo, is fulfilled, and that is sufficient for the thinker, who has thus shown what "our seemers be."

    The Man Shakespeare Frank Harris 1893

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