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resemble

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re⋅sem⋅ble

  [ri-zem-buhl]
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–verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
1. to be like or similar to.
2. Archaic. to liken or compare.
Origin:
1300–50; ME resemblen < MF resembler, OF, equiv. to re- re- + sembler to seem, be like < L similāre, deriv. of similis like; see similar

Related forms:
re⋅sem⋅bling⋅ly, adverb
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re·sem·ble   (rĭ-zěm'bəl)   
tr.v.   re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling, re·sem·bles
To exhibit similarity or likeness to.

[Middle English resemblen, from Old French resembler : re-, re- + sembler, to appear (from Latin simulāre, to imitate, from similis, like; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots).]
re·sem'bler n.
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Word Origin & History

resemble 
1340, from O.Fr. resembler (12c.), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from L. simulare "to copy."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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