semblable

[ sem-bluh-buhl ]

/ ˈsɛm blə bəl /

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noun

a person or thing that resembles or matches another; counterpart.

Archaic. likeness; resemblance.

adjective Archaic.

like or similar.

seeming or apparent.

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Origin of semblable

1325–75; Middle English <Middle French, equivalent to sembl(er) to seem + -able-able. See semblance

OTHER WORDS FROM semblable

sem·bla·bly, adverb

Words nearby semblable

semaphore, Semarang, semasiology, sematic, sematology, semblable, semblance, semé, semei-, semeiotic, semeiotics

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How to use semblable in a sentence

And in semblable wise it was saide of Johan duke Dux Bedfordi.
The Boke of Noblesse|Unknown
C'est une plante semblable celle du Safran, dont il y a beaucoup dans ces quartiers-l.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume III (of 3)|Leonard Williams
Lo thus ye may perseyue what a nombre of semblable exples ye may collecte & gether.Boni.
Two Dyaloges (c. 1549)|Desiderius Erasmus
O, o espée très eureuse de la quelle n'est la semblable n'a esté ne ne sera!
Barn and the Pyrenees|Louisa Stuart Costello

Le petit distrait, tour à tour regardait la ville, regardait la femme et jouissait de leur semblable beauté.
Histoires grises|E. Edouard Tavernier

British Dictionary definitions for semblable

semblable

/ (ˈsɛmbləbəl) archaic /

adjective

resembling or similar

apparent rather than real

noun

something that resembles another thing

a resemblance

Derived forms of semblable

semblably, adverb

Word Origin for semblable

C14: from Old French, from sembler to seem; see semblance

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