Resemble Definition

rĭ-zĕmbəl
resembled, resembles, resembling
verb
To be like or similar to in appearance or nature.
Webster's New World
To exhibit similarity or likeness to.
American Heritage
To liken or compare.
Webster's New World

To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

The twins resemble each other.
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Origin of Resemble

  • Middle English resemblen from Old French resembler re- re- sembler to appear (from Latin simulāre to imitate) (from similis like sem-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman, Middle French resembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem").

    From Wiktionary

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