resemble

[ ri-zem-buh l ]

/ rɪˈzɛm bəl /

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verb (used with object), re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling.

to be like or similar to.

Archaic. to liken or compare.

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Origin of resemble

1300–50; Middle English resemblen < Middle French resembler, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + sembler to seem, be like < Latin similāre, derivative of similis like; see similar

OTHER WORDS FROM resemble

re·sem·bling·ly, adverbpre·re·sem·ble, verb, pre·re·sem·bled, pre·re·sem·bling.un·re·sem·bling, adjective

Words nearby resemble

reseda, reselect, resell, resemblance, resemblant, resemble, resend, resent, resentful, resentment, reserpine

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Example sentences from the Web for resemble

A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What it did not resemble was any other bookstore in the nation.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this is where the plague outbreak does resemble Ebola—as a grim reminder of the consequences of our global interconnectedness.
Bubonic Plague Is Back (but It Never Really Left)|Kent Sepkowitz|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a few hundred years, these voices start to resemble doomsday cultists—the end is often heralded but never delivered.
Why Are Millennials Unfriending Organized Religion?|Vlad Chituc|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The HL Tauri system we see today may not resemble the final form it takes after a few more million years.
The Most Stunning View Ever of Planets Being Born|Matthew R. Francis|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The teeth, and indeed the whole contour, resemble those of the squirrel.
Oregon and Eldorado|Thomas Bulfinch
In effect, the youth of Paris resemble the youth of no other town.
The Thirteen|Honore de Balzac
Angry persons are often compared to the tiger; and certainly they resemble furious wild beasts.
History of Beasts|Unknown
In no respect did he resemble his father, who was delicate in manner and in speech.
For Faith and Freedom|Walter Besant
And it implies, secondly, that others would be so born afterwards, so that our risen bodies will resemble His.
The Truth of Christianity|William Harry Turton

British Dictionary definitions for resemble

resemble

/ (rɪˈzɛmbəl) /

verb

(tr) to possess some similarity to; be like

Derived forms of resemble

resembler, noun

Word Origin for resemble

C14: from Old French resembler, from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis like

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resemble

verb (used with object), re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling.

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British Dictionary definitions for resemble

verb

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