resemble
- to be like or similar to.
- Archaic. to liken or compare.
Origin of resemble
Related Words for resembled
parallel, feature, simulate, mirror, relate, approximate, echo, favor, duplicate, double, follow, coincide, matchExamples from the Web for resembled
Contemporary Examples of resembled
But he resembled by then an ancient Red Indian chief, and his expressions did not follow the patterns of other mortals.
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November 8, 2014
Much 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.
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August 25, 2014
I had bought the device at Rite-Aid precisely because it resembled a cigarette.
Historical Examples of resembled
In this he resembled a dog who barks when a stranger approaches.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
As they approached it, the dull hue that lay upon it resembled that of the leaden sky.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Her purity, her goodness, all that which resembled her in Nature, returned to her and saved her.
The DreamEmile Zola
With his spotless hue, he resembled a snow drift, wafted along by the wind.
Tanglewood TalesNathaniel Hawthorne
He listened in a stillness of dread which resembled the immobility of profound attention.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
resemble
- (tr) to possess some similarity to; be like
Word Origin for resemble
Word Origin and History for resembled
resemble
mid-14c., from Old French resembler "belike" (12c., Modern French ressemble), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from Latin simulare "to copy" (see similar (adj.)). Related: Resembled; resembling.