resemble

[ ri-zem-buhl ]

verb (used with object)

, re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling.

1. to be like or similar to.
2. Archaic. to liken or compare.

resemble

/ rɪˈzɛmbəl /

verb

1. tr to possess some similarity to; be like

Derived Forms

• reˈsembler, noun

Other Words From

• re·sembling·ly adverb
• prere·semble verb preresembled preresembling
• unre·sembling adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of resemble¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English resemblen, from Middle French resembler, Old French, from re- re- + sembler “to seem, be like” (from Latin similāre, derivative of similis “like”; similar )

Word History and Origins

Origin of resemble¹

C14: from Old French resembler , from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis like

Example Sentences

A tense commute to work in Houston will start to resemble a tense commute in Boston or New York City.

From The Daily Beast

What it did not resemble was any other bookstore in the nation.

From The Daily Beast

Black Alice and Strix have origin stories that more closely resemble the archetypal comic heroes.

From The Daily Beast

And this is where the plague outbreak does resemble Ebola—as a grim reminder of the consequences of our global interconnectedness.

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After a few hundred years, these voices start to resemble doomsday cultists—the end is often heralded but never delivered.

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The changes in hemoglobin and red cells resemble those of a moderate symptomatic anemia, with rather low color-index.

From Project Gutenberg

The ova closely resemble those of Tnia saginata, but are a little smaller (Fig. 101).

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Others again put the varnish on and rub it off in places to resemble the wear of age.

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Improved stove pipings are now being manufactured in the States which in appearance exactly resemble cast-iron.

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These resemble corporations in some ways, and this is the reason for calling them quasi corporations.

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Related Words

• feature
• mirror
• parallel
• simulate