resemblant
Americanadjective
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having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed byto ).
two persons with resemblant features.
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that produces or deals in representations.
sculpture considered as a resemblant art.
Other Word Forms
- unresemblant adjective
Etymology
Origin of resemblant
1350–1400; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to resembl ( er ) to resemble + -ant -ant
Example Sentences
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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
The most elevated power of mind of all these, is that of association, by which images apposite or resemblant, or of whatever kind wanted, are called up quickly and in multitudes.
From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John
The features of the Sensible World correspond therefore to the laws of our exertional activity, but the correspondence is relational, not resemblant.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander
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