resemble
to be like or similar to.
Archaic. to liken or compare.
Origin of resemble
1Other words from resemble
- 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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How to use resemble in a sentence
But he resembled by then an ancient Red Indian chief, and his expressions did not follow the patterns of other mortals.
The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece | John le Carré | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch of the nation has been caught up in a tempest that resembled one of the dinner-table scenes in August: Osage County.
The 1950s, observed C. Vann Woodward, resembled the era of Reconstruction in many ways.
The office politics of The New York Times have often resembled a combination of the Kremlin and the Vatican.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine | Clive Irving | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe philosopher once complained about young men whose desire for learning resembled their desire for a sun tan.
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I called it a spinet, because it somewhat resembled that instrument, and was played upon in the same manner.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftThe former, in its frozen state, somewhat resembled hard butter.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneThe wedding breakfast very much resembled the similar festivities at which most of us have assisted.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsAmongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIt was to me a new birth of faculties that resembled a new sense of being, a buoyant and elastic lightness of feelings and frame.
British Dictionary definitions for resemble
/ (rɪˈzɛmbəl) /
(tr) to possess some similarity to; be like
Origin of resemble
1Derived forms of resemble
- resembler, noun
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