Seeming

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.