Seeing See"ing conj. (but originally a present participle) . In view of the fact (that); considering; taking into account (that); insmuch as; since; because; - - followed by a dependent clause; as, he did well, seeing that he was so young.

Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me?

Gen. xxvi. 27.

Seek Seek adjective Sick. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Seek Seek transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sought ; present participle & verbal noun Seeking .] [ Middle English seken , Anglo-Saxon sēcan , sēcean ; akin to Old Saxon sōkian , LG. söken , Dutch zoeken , Old High German suohhan , German suchen , Icelandic sækja , Swedish söka , Danish söge , Goth. sōkjan , and English sake . Confer Beseech , Ransack , Sagacious , Sake , Soc .] 1. To go in search of; to look for; to search for; to try to find.

The man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren.

Gen. xxxvii. 15, 16.

2. To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.

Luke xi. 16.

3. To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.

4. To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal.

Amos v. 5.

Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains.

Pope.

Seek Seek intransitive verb To make search or inquiry; to endeavor to make discovery.

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read.

Isa. xxxiv. 16.

To seek , needing to seek or search; hence, unprepared. "Unpracticed, unprepared, and still to seek ." Milton. [ Obsolete] -- To seek after , to make pursuit of; to attempt to find or take. -- To seek for , to endeavor to find. -- To seek to , to apply to; to resort to; to court. [ Obsolete] "All the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom." 1 Kings x. 24. -- To seek upon , to make strict inquiry after; to follow up; to persecute. [ Obsolete]

To seek
Upon a man and do his soul unrest.

Chaucer.

Seek-no-further Seek"-no-fur`ther noun A kind of choice winter apple, having a subacid taste; -- formerly called go- no-further .

Seek-sorrow Seek"-sor`row noun One who contrives to give himself vexation. [ Archaic.] Sir P. Sidney.

Seeker Seek"er noun 1. One who seeks; that which is used in seeking or searching.

2. (Eccl.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments.

A skeptic [ is] ever seeking and never finds, like our new upstart sect of Seekers .

Bullokar.

Seel Seel (sēl) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Seeled ; present participle & verbal noun Seeling .] [ French siller , ciller , from cil an eyelash, Latin cilium .] 1. (Falconry) To close the eyes of (a hawk or other bird) by drawing through the lids threads which were fastened over the head. Bacon.

Fools climb to fall: fond hopes, like seeled doves for want of better light, mount till they end their flight with falling.

J. Reading.

2. Hence, to shut or close, as the eyes; to blind.

Come, seeling night,
Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day.

Shak.

Cold death, with a violent fate, his sable eyes did seel .

Chapman.

Seel Seel intransitive verb [ Confer LG. sielen to lead off water, French siller to run ahead, to make headway, English sile , v.t.] To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea. [ Obsolete] Sir W. Raleigh.

Seel Seel noun [ Anglo-Saxon sǣl , from sǣl good, prosperous. See Silly .] 1. Good fortune; favorable opportunity; prosperity. [ Obsolete] "So have I seel ". Chaucer.

2. Time; season; as, hay seel . [ Prov. Eng.]

Seel, Seeling Seel, Seel"ing noun The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. [ Obsolete] Sandys.

Seelily Seel"i·ly adverb In a silly manner. [ Obsolete]

Seely Seel"y adjective See Silly . [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Seem Seem (sēm) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Seemed (sēmd); present participle & verbal noun Seeming .] [ Middle English semen to seem, to become, befit, Anglo-Saxon sēman to satisfy, pacify; akin to Icelandic sæma to honor, to bear with, conform to, sæmr becoming, fit, sōma to beseem, to befit, sama to beseem, semja to arrange, settle, put right, Goth. samjan to please, and to English same . The sense is probably due to the adj. seemly . √191. See Same , adjective , and confer Seemly .] 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 now seemed probable." Macaulay.

Thou picture of what thou seem'st .

Shak.

All seemed well pleased; all seemed , but were not all.

Milton.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Prov. xiv. 12.

It seems , it appears; it is understood as true; it is said.

A prince of Italy, it seems , entertained his mistress on a great lake.

Addison.

Syn. -- To appear; look. -- Seem , Appear . To appear has reference to a thing's being presented to our view; as, the sun appears ; to seem is connected with the idea of semblance , and usually implies an inference of our mind as to the probability of a thing's being so; as, a storm seems to be coming. "The story appears to be true," means that the facts, as presented, go to show its truth; "the story seems to be true," means that it has the semblance of being so, and we infer that it is true. "His first and principal care being to appear unto his people such as he would have them be, and to be such as he appeared ." Sir P. Sidney.

Ham. Ay, madam, it is common.
Queen . If it be,
Why seems it so particular with thee?
Ham. Seems , madam! Nay, it is; I know not " seems ."

Shak.

Seem Seem transitive verb To befit; to beseem. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Seemer Seem"er noun One who seems; one who carries or assumes an appearance or semblance.

Hence shall we see,
If power change purpose, what our seemers be.

Shak.

Seeming Seem"ing adjective Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.

My lord, you have lost a friend indeed;
And I dare swear you borrow not that face
Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own.

Shak.

Seeming Seem"ing noun 1. Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.

These keep
Seeming and savor all the winter long.

Shak.

2. Apprehension; judgment. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Nothing more clear unto their seeming .

Hooker.

His persuasive words, impregned
With reason, to her seeming .

Milton.

Seemingly Seem"ing·ly adverb In appearance; in show; in semblance; apparently; ostensibly.

This the father seemingly complied with.

Addison.

Seemingness Seem"ing·ness noun Semblance; fair appearance; plausibility. Sir K. Digby.

Seemless Seem"less adjective Unseemly. [ Obsolete] Spenser.

Seemlily Seem"li·ly adverb In a seemly manner. [ Obsolete]

Seemliness Seem"li·ness noun The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety.

Seemly Seem"ly adjective [ Compar. Seemlier ; superl. Seeliest .] [ Icelandic s...miligr , from s...mr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, English same ; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem , intransitive verb ] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.

He had a seemly nose.

Chaucer.

I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a seemly answer to such persons.

Shak.

Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies.

Hooker.

Syn. -- Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous.

Seemly Seem"ly adverb [ Compar. Seemlier ; superl. Seemliest .] In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.

Suddenly a men before him stood,
Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad,
As one in city or court or place bred.

Milton.

Seemlyhed Seem"ly·hed noun [ See -hood .] Comely or decent appearance. [ Obsolete] Rom. of R. Spenser.

Seen Seen past participle of See .

Seen Seen adjective Versed; skilled; accomplished. [ Obsolete]

Well seen in every science that mote be.

Spenser.

Noble Boyle, not less in nature seen ,
Than his great brother read in states and men.

Dryden.

Seep, Sipe Seep, Sipe intransitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon sīpan to distill.] To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [ Scot. & U. S.]

Water seeps up through the sidewalks.

G. W. Cable.

Seepage Seep"age noun The act or process of seeping; percolation.

Seepage, Sipage Seep"age, Sip"age noun Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil. [ Scot. & U. S.]

Seepy, Sipy Seep"y, Sip"y adjective Oozy; -- applied to land under cultivation that is not well drained.

Seer Seer (sēr) adjective Sore; painful. [ Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Seer Se"er (sē"ẽr) noun One who sees. Addison.

Seer Seer (sēr) noun [ From See .] A person who foresees events; a prophet. Milton.

Seeress Seer"ess noun A female seer; a prophetess.

Seerfish Seer"fish` (-fĭsh) noun (Zoology) A scombroid food fish of Madeira ( Cybium Commersonii ).

Seerhand Seer"hand noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.

Seership Seer"ship noun The office or quality of a seer.

Seersucker Seer"suck`er noun A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.

Seerwood Seer"wood` noun [ See Sear .] Dry wood. [ Written also searwood .] [ Obsolete] Dryden.

Seesaw See"saw` noun [ Probably a reduplication of saw , to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.] 1. A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.

2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.

3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.

He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact.

Sir W. Hamilton.

4. (Whist.) Same as Crossruff .

Seesaw See"saw` intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Seesawad ; present participle & verbal noun Seesawing .] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

Seesaw See"saw` transitive verb To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

He seesaws himself to and fro.

Ld. Lytton.

Seesaw See"saw` adjective Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

Seet Seet obsolete imperfect of Sit . Sate; sat. Chaucer.

Seeth Seeth obsolete imperfect of Seethe . Chaucer.

Seethe Seethe transitive verb [ imperfect Seethed ( Sod obsolete ); past participle Seethed , Sodden ; present participle & verbal noun Seething .] [ Middle English sethen , Anglo-Saxon seó...an ; akin to Dutch sieden , Old High German siodan , G. sieden , Icelandic sj......a , Swedish sjuda , Danish syde , Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Confer Sod , noun , Sodden , Suds .] To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [ Written also seeth .]

Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

2 Kings iv. 38.

Seethe Seethe intransitive verb To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13.

A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe , and foam.

G. W. Cable.

Seether Seeth"er noun A pot for boiling things; a boiler.

Like burnished gold the little seether shone.

Dryden.

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