Used to call attention to one's impression or understanding about something, especially in weakening the force of a following infinitive, To appear, or to appear to be; to have a show or semblance; to present an appearance; to look; to strike one's apprehension or fancy as being; to be taken as, it appears; it is understood as true; it is said, transitive verb_ obsolete To befit; to beseem, verb_ give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect, appear to exist, seem to be true, probable, or apparent