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Resemble

//ɹɪˈzɛmbəl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar. transitive

    "The twins resemble each other."

  2. 2
    appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to wordnet
  3. 3
    To compare; to regard as similar, to liken. archaic, transitive

    "And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...]."

  4. 4
    To counterfeit; to imitate. obsolete, transitive

    "They can so well resemble mans speech."

  5. 5
    To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar. obsolete, transitive

    "And ſince we all haue ſuckt one wholſome aire, And with the ſame proportion of Elements, Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.

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