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sem⋅bla⋅ble

[sem-bluh-buhl]
–noun
1. a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
2. Archaic. likeness; resemblance.
–adjective Archaic.
3. like or similar.
4. seeming or apparent.

Origin:
1325–75; ME < MF, equiv. to sembl(er) to seem + -able -able. See semblance


sem⋅bla⋅bly, adverb
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sem·bla·ble   (sěm'blə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Having a resemblance; resembling or like: unfamiliar symbols semblable to religious icons.

  2. Seeming; apparent.

n.   Archaic
Something that closely resembles something else.

[Middle English, from Old French, from sembler, to resemble, from Latin simulāre, to simulate; see simulate.]
sem'bla·bly adv.
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