[siːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give the impression of being something or having a particular quality
(e.g: Dawn seemed annoyed)

- be unable to do something, despite having tried
(e.g: he couldn't seem to remember his lines)


Phrases:

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