Appear to check at the information centre (4)
I believe the answer is:
seem
'appear' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'check at the information centre' is the wordplay.
'check' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'information' is 'm'.
'see'+'m'='SEEM'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for seem that I've seen before include "Appear, look" , "Appear to the eye" , "Come across as" , "Appear, give impression of being" .)