1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seem.

2. (a.) Having a semblance, whether with or without reality; apparent; specious; befitting; as, seeming friendship; seeming truth.

3. (n.) Appearance; show; semblance; fair appearance; speciousness.

4. (n.) Apprehension; judgment.

Barmecidal Barmecide Prospero acting affectation airiness airy alleged angle apparent apparitional appearance appearing aspect assumed attitudinizing autistic bearing bluff bluffing cheating chimeric color colorable colored coloring configuration cortical deception deceptive delusion delusional delusionary delusive delusiveness delusory demeanor dereistic disguise dissemblance dissembling dissimulation dreamlike dreamy effect eidolon epidermic erroneous evident exomorphic exterior exteriority external externality externalness extrinsic extrinsicality facade face facet fakery faking fallacious fallaciousness FALSE false air false appearance false face false front false light false show falseness falsity fantastic fashion feature feigned feigning feint figure foreignness form four-flushing fraud fringe front gestalt gilded gilt gloss guise humbug humbuggery idealization illusion illusional illusionary illusionism illusionist illusive illusiveness illusory image imaginary imago immateriality imposture impression light likeness lineaments look magic magic act magic show magician manner masquerade meretricious meretriciousness mien misleading open openness ostensible ostentation out outer outermost outerness outlying outmost outside outstanding outward outward appearance outward show outward-facing outwardness peripheral phantasmagoric phantasmal phantom phase phasis plausible playacting pose posing posture prestidigitation pretended pretense pretension pretext professed public purported reference regard representation respect roundabout self-deceptive self-deluding semblance shallowness sham shape show showing side simulacrum simulation slant sleight of hand so-called sorcerer sorcery specious specious appearance speciousness spectral style superficial superficiality supposititious surface tinsel total effect twist unactual unactuality unfounded unreal unreality unsubstantial unsubstantiality varnish view viewpoint visible visionary window dressing wise