Seemed (8)
I believe the answer is:
appeared
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">seemed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for appeared that I've seen before include "Seemed - came into view" , "Became visible" , "Turned up" , "Came into sight" , "published" .)