Seems a paper's ordered (7)
I believe the answer is:
appears
'seems' is the definition.
('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem')
'a paper's ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'papers' anagrammed gives 'ppears'.
'a'+'ppears'='APPEARS'
(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Materialises" , "is exhibited" , "Becomes visible" , "Looks like" , "Seems" .)