resemble
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bəl verb (used with object), re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling.
1.
to be like or similar to.
2.
Archaic. to liken or compare.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English resemblen < Middle French resembler, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + sembler to seem, be like < Latin similāre, derivative of similis like; see similar
1300–50; Middle English resemblen < Middle French resembler, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + sembler to seem, be like < Latin similāre, derivative of similis like; see similar
Related forms
re·sem·bling·ly, adverb
pre·re·sem·ble, verb, pre·re·sem·bled, pre·re·sem·bling.
un·re·sem·bling, adjective
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| —vb | |
| (tr) to possess some similarity to; be like | |
| [C14: from Old French resembler, from | |
| re'sembler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
resemble
mid-14c., from O.Fr. resembler (12c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from L. simulare "to copy."
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