Sentence:  The road <WSD>seemed</WSD> animated with a few more wagons than usual ; a carriage raising up the choking June dust , and beyond , in a meadow , a local militia company drilling with muskets , Kentuck ' rifles , every kind of horse pistol , old sword , or cutlass . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect