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resemble

verb
Sayri-ZEM-buhlUS · UK/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/AUS/ɹɪˈzembəl/

Formsresembles, resembling, resembled

4 meanings of resemble

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  1. 1
    verbtransitive
    To look like or be like someone or something.

    The twins resemble each other so much that teachers mix them up.

    The cloud resembles a rabbit with one ear.

    Similarmatch, mirror, echo, recall, suggest

    Oppositediffer

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  2. 2
    verbarchaictransitive
    In old use, to compare one thing to another.

    The old poem resembles the knight to a lion in a cage.

    Poets of that age would resemble a lady to the moon.

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  3. 3
    verbobsoletetransitive
    In old use, to copy or imitate something.
    They can so well resemble mans speech.
    1601, Pliny the Elder, The Historie of the WorldHere, resemble means copy or imitate.
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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    verbobsoletetransitive
    In old use, to make one thing like another.
    they resemble themselves to the swans
    1881, Horace Bushnell, Building Eras in ReligionHere, resemble means make themselves like or imitate.
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Origin

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, made from re- plus sembler meaning "to seem."