semblable
Americannoun
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a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.
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Archaic. likeness; resemblance.
adjective
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like or similar.
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seeming or apparent.
adjective
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resembling or similar
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apparent rather than real
noun
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something that resembles another thing
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a resemblance
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of semblable
1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to sembl ( er ) to seem + -able -able. See semblance
Example Sentences
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Except for the accident of time, she could have been the author’s bustled and corseted twin or sister, “mon semblable, ma soeur.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2020
Looking forward to it, mon semblable, mon frère.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2016
What do you know about it, mon semblable, mon frère?
From Time Magazine Archive
Though she denies the liaison, she says of him that there was not "en ce siècle-là de son sexe et de sa qualité rien de semblable en valeur, reputation, grace, et esprit."
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
Likewise Robert Marmion, who had attempted the semblable robberie & spoile in the abbeie church of Couentrie, was slain before the same abbeie by a like mischance.
From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne by Raphael Holinshed
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