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resemblant

[ ri-zem-bluhnt ]

adjective

  1. having a resemblance or similarity (sometimes followed by to ):

    two persons with resemblant features.

  2. that produces or deals in representations:

    sculpture considered as a resemblant art.



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Other Words From

  • unre·semblant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of resemblant1

1350–1400; Middle English < Old French, equivalent to resembl ( er ) to resemble + -ant -ant
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Example Sentences

Only very casually and occasionally do we ever attempt to supply ourselves with a resemblant reproduction of our sensations.

The resultant colours correspond to the form of these obstructions; but the correspondence is relational not resemblant.

The object of the great Resemblant Arts is, and always has been, to resemble; and to resemble as closely as possible.

When the lion saw that, he made no resemblant to fight with him, but made him all the cheer that a beast might make a man.

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