Seems (7)
I believe the answer is:
appears
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">seems</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Comes into view" , "Looks like" , "Comes into sight" , "Becomes visible" , "Seems" .)