resemblant

[ ri-zem-bluhnt ]

adjective

1. having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to ):

   two persons with resemblant features.

2. that produces or deals in representations:

   sculpture considered as a resemblant art.

Other Words From

• unre·semblant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resemblant¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The resultant colours correspond to the form of these obstructions; but the correspondence is relational not resemblant.

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The object of the great Resemblant Arts is, and always has been, to resemble; and to resemble as closely as possible.

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When the lion saw that, he made no resemblant to fight with him, but made him all the cheer that a beast might make a man.

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