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   seem

   /sēm/

   verb

   • 1. give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality: "Dawn seemed annoyed"
   • ▪ used to make a statement or description of one's thoughts, feelings, or actions less assertive or forceful: "I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions"
   • ▪ be unable to do something, despite having tried: "he couldn't seem to remember his lines"
   • ▪ used to suggest in a cautious, guarded, or polite way that something is true or a fact: "it would seem that he has been fooling us all"

   Word Origin Middle English (also in the sense ‘suit, befit, be appropriate’): from Old Norse sœma ‘to honor’, from sœmr ‘fitting’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • E

     1

   • M

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