\Seem"ing\, a.
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.

\Seem"ing\, n.
1. Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance;
   speciousness.

         These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long.
                                               --Shak.

2. Apprehension; judgment. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

         Nothing more clear unto their seeming. --Hooker.

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