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resemblant

American  
[ri-zem-bluhnt] / rɪˈzɛm blənt /

adjective

  1. having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed byto ).

    two persons with resemblant features.

  2. that produces or deals in representations.

    sculpture considered as a resemblant art.


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Etymology

Origin of resemblant

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to resembl ( er ) to resemble + -ant -ant


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This results in highly useful properties more resemblant of ferromagnets, as well as some completely new properties.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

There are also forces in Temtem more resemblant of contemporary ripostes against environmental issues.

From The Verge ● Feb. 13, 2020

Tundra and flatlands give way to pine forests and rolling hills resemblant of Scotland that soon grow into granite crags bisected by rivers visible from the high bridges the train crosses.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2017

They quite understood that Knowledge is not of the nature of a photograph—a resemblant pictorial reproduction of the data furnished by sensation.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Alexander Philip

Only very casually and occasionally do we ever attempt to supply ourselves with a resemblant reproduction of our sensations.

From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Alexander Philip

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