transitive (in passive). To seem or appear in the specified way (to a person). Also: spec. to seem good. Frequently with non-referential it as…

With noun, adjective, or phrase as complement: to appear to be, to be apparently (what is expressed by the complement). without object expressed.

With noun, adjective, or phrase as complement: to appear to be, to be apparently (what is expressed by… Followed by †as, as if, as though.

intransitive. With complement. To be consciously perceived (esp. through the sense of touch) as having the specified quality; to produce the…

With infinitive: To appear to be or to do something. Occasionally would seem: cf. the impersonal use 7f.