semblableadj.n.

/ˈsɛmbləb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English semlable, ( semalable), sembleabil, semblabyll, 1500s semblabyl, semblabil, semblabell, sembleable, simblable. See also semnable adj. and adv., similable adj.

Etymology: < French semblable (13th cent.), < sembler to seem, appear: see semble v.² and -able suffix. Compare seemable adj.

A. adj.

†1.

a. Like, similar. Const. to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > to or with

ylikeOE

semblablec1374

shapelyc1374

resemblablea1393

resemblanta1393

visible1412

participantc1485

semblant1485

alikea1500

conformable1526

conform1553

semnable1651

similar1657

unopposite1825

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. v. 48 Ȝe men þat ben semblable to god by ȝoure resonable þouȝt.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 49^v I finde hem all so semblable that I can not knowe one from the other.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 17 If so be my discredit, and want of honestie, had been equal or semblable to theirs.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 57 It is a wonderfull thing to see the semblable coherence of his mens spirits, and his.

1609 G. Benson Serm. 7 May 7 May 60 Semblable vnto Ephraim are many, who know too much and too little.

1658 F. Osborne Trad. Mem. Raigne Iames 55 in Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames He owning a Countenance not in the least regard semblable to any my eyes ever met with.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 125 God who has made Light to move for thousands of Miles in an instant, by a streight Line, may make it move a semblable space through a Circle, if the use of the World requires it.

1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 214 Semblable to this is the story of the mad waggery, by which [etc.].

b. Resembling something already mentioned or implied; the like, such-like. Also the semblable, such semblable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such

suchkinc1275

semblablec1386

slikec1386

slikinsa1400

swilkina1400

sicc1400

swilk-likec1400

suchlike1422

sic-like1442

such a like1474

siccan1513

those1608

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 256 I seye the same, or elles thing semblable.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xviii To yelde to his lorde yerely at suche a feest an hors, or an hauke, or suche thynge semblable.

1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes x. 11 These and such semblable things.

1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 164 b The fallyng evill also with others many the semblable and like infirmities.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. iv. 3 That and thousands more Of semblable import.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxviii. 151 As is the custom in semblable occasions.

c. in semblable manner, in semblable wise, in semblable sort, in like manner; semblablewise, likewise. Also in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb]

ylikeeOE

alsoOE

with likec1175

swilk12..

in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330

in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390

item1398

in likec1400

semblably1420

in like wise1422

likelya1425

likewisec1443

alikewisec1450

ylikedealc1450

in like casea1459

ylikewise1460

otherwaysc1485

semblable1490

sic-like1513

like1529

seemably1535

likeways1551

agreeably1561

fellowlikea1569

alliably1593

likewisely1605

in specie1632

similarly1657

resemblingly1661

kindredly1765

evenwise1866

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 And riht so in semblable cas This vice hath ek his officers Among these othre seculers.

c1410 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 157 And thus in semblable wise The erthe did him self disgise.

1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 23 §7 As thei have doon..in cases semblable.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. iv. f. ix And in semblable wyse vnto this, there is a lyke procedyng in the ordre of godlinesse.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 10 The heavenly soule of man..semblablewise, doth feele..the ill affected crasis of the body.

1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 79 We may therefore Call vnto Holy Saints as well, and in semblable sort.

†2.

a. Corresponding, proportional, accordant, suitable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective]

samtalec1175

samentalea1300

accordingc1300

accordantc1350

covenablec1384

concordable1393

accorda1413

suant1418

consonant1489

convenablea1500

concordant1512

semblable1513

convenient1526

modulatec1530

harmonical1531

harmoniacal1536

agreeable1540

concurrent1542

suitable1568

concinne1569

harmonial1569

sympathical1570

tunable1573

coherenta1575

conspiring1576

well-consenting1579

well-consorted1583

congruous1599

high-tuned1603

symbolizing1611

unjarring1620

concording1627

congruenta1637

harmonious1638

friendlya1641

unclashing1642

complying1646

symphoniacal1650

consistent1651

consentaneous1652

consentivea1657

symbolical1667

concordiousa1670

sympathetic1673

congenerous1677

symbolizant1685

congenial1693

symphonious1743

harmonic1756

concentual1782

undiscordant1819

concordial1822

attuned1833

connate1836

sympathetical1848

concentuous1850

consenting1858

consilient1867

tuned in1958

1513 Life Henry V (1911) 19 And that hath bin..the vtter impouerishinge and vndooeinge not of a fewe men w^thin this Realme, w^ch haue not bin able to make semblable intercessors and aduocates to theire Prince.

1513 Life Henry V (1911) 145 The Kinge continewed by treatie trustinge to finde the way of peace, w^ch was semblable enoughe had not the Dolphine [etc.].

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 52 Their..legges [were] of a great growth, not semblable to their age, being but sixe and thirty dayes old.

1681 R. Wittie Οὐρανοσκοπια 44 Whether it be not most suitable..to the Wisdom, and Power of God.., and semblable to the plain course of his Providence.

1817 J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel ii. 504 But who can paint In language semblable, the blissful scene.

†b. Seemly, becoming. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective] > seemly or decorous

seemly?c1225

comelya1350

seemc1400

setting1535

comingc1540

decent1545

civil1582

handsome1583

mensefula1598

sprunt1631

semblable1647

proper1738

orthodox1755

decorous1792

comme il faut1818

wise-like1820

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 188 Neither could Monarchy, Aristocracy, nor Democracy, attaine any semblable condition in any place so long as the Church held its designe apart.

3. Apparent, seeming, not real. †Of treason: Presumptive, constructive. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > jurisprudence > [adjective] > by inference or presumption

semblable1627

constructivea1680

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > seeming or apparent

huedc1000

showing?c1400

seemlya1450

apparissaunt1485

superficial1616

specious1617

semblable1627

apparent1645

representative1646

skin-deep1653

appearing1656

seemingly1725

semblative1814

semblant1840

1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 264 Imitation implies three things: 1 Factum, semblable, or rather reall acting of what we pretend to imitate.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 244 Here is no actuall, but an appearing and semblable concurrence.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 124 That there shall be no semblable Treasons made by presumptions or straines of wit, but those Treasons specified there.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Semblable, seeming, likely or probable.

1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ (1894) 122 What is gained..by supposing..the miracle was only semblable, not real?

†4. quasi-adv.= semblably adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb]

ylikeeOE

alsoOE

with likec1175

swilk12..

in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330

in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390

item1398

in likec1400

semblably1420

in like wise1422

likelya1425

likewisec1443

alikewisec1450

ylikedealc1450

in like casea1459

ylikewise1460

otherwaysc1485

semblable1490

sic-like1513

like1529

seemably1535

likeways1551

agreeably1561

fellowlikea1569

alliably1593

likewisely1605

in specie1632

similarly1657

resemblingly1661

kindredly1765

evenwise1866

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 54 For to make semblable [Fr. semblablement] his aunsuers duryng the syx monethes of the somer.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 817 Semblable my Cosin the Erle of Richmonde,..will surely attempt..to pierce me on the other syde.

B. n.

†1. absol. and quasi-n. (occasionally plural semblables): Something that is like or similar. the semblable = the like (see like n.¹ 2); as, to do the semblable (= French faire le semblable). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > that which resembles something else

swilkc1175

anlike1340

liking1340

likeningc1350

semblancec1374

resemblancea1393

likenessa1400

semblablec1400

similitudinary?a1425

like1440

assemblable?1530

a horse of another (also the same, etc.) colour1530

resembler1570

fellowa1616

remonstrance1640

simile1743

ditto1776

something of the sort1839

that or this sort of thing1848

assimilate1935

c1400 Rom. Rose 6759 In al this caas, and in semblables, If that ther ben mo resonables, He may begge, as I telle you here.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 57 He that doeth shewe loue and curtoisie, ought to be thankyd by semblable.

1521 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 283 Who..herin geueth vnto you herty thanks, like as I do the semblable.

1528 Instruct. P. Vannes in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. ii. Rec. 48 Studying how they may acquite this your Ingratitude..with the semblable.

1560 in J. Scott Berwick-upon-Tweed (1888) 448 Yf any soldiers of the garrison be appointed to keep scourage or any such semblables as their course shall come about.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vi. 343 Long before their time, Clodius..practised the semblable in pearles of great price.

2. With qualifying possessive: (One's) like, (one's) fellow. (So French son semblable.) (Revived in 20th cent. use.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > fellow or one of the same kind

anlike1340

semblablec1400

fellow?1440

ally1566

sister1570

connatural1640

kindred spirit1706

congener1838

c1400 Rom. Rose 4855 For he shulde setten al his wil To geten a likly thing him til, And to sustene, if he might, And kepe forth, by kindes right, His owne lyknesse and semblable.

?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 83 Vnto his semblable thus euery thyng can drawe.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 6 b Every natural complexion delyteth in his semblable.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 107 + 13 To make true dixion of him, his semblable is his mirrour.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 22 His semblable, yea himselfe Timon disdaines.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 366 It behoves every most just citizen to become the exhortator and admonisher of his semblables.

1923 T. S. Eliot Waste Land i. 8 You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!]

1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 242 There was Dodge, the lip-reader, her semblable, her conspirator.

1979 Dædalus Summer 30 These thoughts picture Othello as, in various ways, a semblable of yours.

†3. A similitude or parable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > a similarity

similitudec1405

likeliness?a1425

resembling1482

likelihood1495

resemblance1532

semblable1547

likeness1598

conformitya1639

commonalty1841

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > an allegory

likenessc1175

parablec1250

proverbc1384

similitudea1425

allegoryc1450

semblable1547

allusion1548

mythology1603

parabolic1829

1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. iv. sig. Avj Parrables, semblables and examples, (though differing in sumwhat) drawe al to one kynde.

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单词	semblable
释义	semblableadj.n. /ˈsɛmbləb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English semlable, ( semalable), sembleabil, semblabyll, 1500s semblabyl, semblabil, semblabell, sembleable, simblable. See also semnable adj. and adv., similable adj. Etymology: < French semblable (13th cent.), < sembler to seem, appear: see semble v.² and -able suffix. Compare seemable adj. A. adj. †1. a. Like, similar. Const. to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > to or with ylikeOE semblablec1374 shapelyc1374 resemblablea1393 resemblanta1393 visible1412 participantc1485 semblant1485 alikea1500 conformable1526 conform1553 semnable1651 similar1657 unopposite1825 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. v. 48 Ȝe men þat ben semblable to god by ȝoure resonable þouȝt. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 49^v I finde hem all so semblable that I can not knowe one from the other. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 17 If so be my discredit, and want of honestie, had been equal or semblable to theirs. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 v. i. 57 It is a wonderfull thing to see the semblable coherence of his mens spirits, and his. View more context for this quotation 1609 G. Benson Serm. 7 May 7 May 60 Semblable vnto Ephraim are many, who know too much and too little. 1658 F. Osborne Trad. Mem. Raigne Iames 55 in Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames He owning a Countenance not in the least regard semblable to any my eyes ever met with. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 125 God who has made Light to move for thousands of Miles in an instant, by a streight Line, may make it move a semblable space through a Circle, if the use of the World requires it. 1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 214 Semblable to this is the story of the mad waggery, by which [etc.]. b. Resembling something already mentioned or implied; the like, such-like. Also the semblable, such semblable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > such suchkinc1275 semblablec1386 slikec1386 slikinsa1400 swilkina1400 sicc1400 swilk-likec1400 suchlike1422 sic-like1442 such a like1474 siccan1513 those1608 c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 256 I seye the same, or elles thing semblable. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xviii To yelde to his lorde yerely at suche a feest an hors, or an hauke, or suche thynge semblable. 1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes x. 11 These and such semblable things. 1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 164 b The fallyng evill also with others many the semblable and like infirmities. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. iv. 3 That and thousands more Of semblable import. View more context for this quotation 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxviii. 151 As is the custom in semblable occasions. c. in semblable manner, in semblable wise, in semblable sort, in like manner; semblablewise, likewise. Also in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] ylikeeOE alsoOE with likec1175 swilk12.. in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330 in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390 item1398 in likec1400 semblably1420 in like wise1422 likelya1425 likewisec1443 alikewisec1450 ylikedealc1450 in like casea1459 ylikewise1460 otherwaysc1485 semblable1490 sic-like1513 like1529 seemably1535 likeways1551 agreeably1561 fellowlikea1569 alliably1593 likewisely1605 in specie1632 similarly1657 resemblingly1661 kindredly1765 evenwise1866 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 63 And riht so in semblable cas This vice hath ek his officers Among these othre seculers. c1410 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 157 And thus in semblable wise The erthe did him self disgise. 1511–12 Act 3 Hen. VIII c. 23 §7 As thei have doon..in cases semblable. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Ephes. iv. f. ix And in semblable wyse vnto this, there is a lyke procedyng in the ordre of godlinesse. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 10 The heavenly soule of man..semblablewise, doth feele..the ill affected crasis of the body. 1624 R. Montagu Immediate Addresse 79 We may therefore Call vnto Holy Saints as well, and in semblable sort. †2. a. Corresponding, proportional, accordant, suitable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 19 And that hath bin..the vtter impouerishinge and vndooeinge not of a fewe men w^thin this Realme, w^ch haue not bin able to make semblable intercessors and aduocates to theire Prince. 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 145 The Kinge continewed by treatie trustinge to finde the way of peace, w^ch was semblable enoughe had not the Dolphine [etc.]. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 52 Their..legges [were] of a great growth, not semblable to their age, being but sixe and thirty dayes old. 1681 R. Wittie Οὐρανοσκοπια 44 Whether it be not most suitable..to the Wisdom, and Power of God.., and semblable to the plain course of his Providence. 1817 J. F. Pennie Royal Minstrel ii. 504 But who can paint In language semblable, the blissful scene. †b. Seemly, becoming. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective] > seemly or decorous seemly?c1225 comelya1350 seemc1400 setting1535 comingc1540 decent1545 civil1582 handsome1583 mensefula1598 sprunt1631 semblable1647 proper1738 orthodox1755 decorous1792 comme il faut1818 wise-like1820 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 188 Neither could Monarchy, Aristocracy, nor Democracy, attaine any semblable condition in any place so long as the Church held its designe apart. 3. Apparent, seeming, not real. †Of treason: Presumptive, constructive. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > [adjective] > by inference or presumption semblable1627 constructivea1680 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adjective] > seeming or apparent huedc1000 showing?c1400 seemlya1450 apparissaunt1485 superficial1616 specious1617 semblable1627 apparent1645 representative1646 skin-deep1653 appearing1656 seemingly1725 semblative1814 semblant1840 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 264 Imitation implies three things: 1 Factum, semblable, or rather reall acting of what we pretend to imitate. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 244 Here is no actuall, but an appearing and semblable concurrence. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 124 That there shall be no semblable Treasons made by presumptions or straines of wit, but those Treasons specified there. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Semblable, seeming, likely or probable. 1874 F. W. Farrar Life Christ (1894) 122 What is gained..by supposing..the miracle was only semblable, not real? †4. quasi-adv.= semblably adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] ylikeeOE alsoOE with likec1175 swilk12.. in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330 in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390 item1398 in likec1400 semblably1420 in like wise1422 likelya1425 likewisec1443 alikewisec1450 ylikedealc1450 in like casea1459 ylikewise1460 otherwaysc1485 semblable1490 sic-like1513 like1529 seemably1535 likeways1551 agreeably1561 fellowlikea1569 alliably1593 likewisely1605 in specie1632 similarly1657 resemblingly1661 kindredly1765 evenwise1866 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 54 For to make semblable [Fr. semblablement] his aunsuers duryng the syx monethes of the somer. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 817 Semblable my Cosin the Erle of Richmonde,..will surely attempt..to pierce me on the other syde. B. n. †1. absol. and quasi-n. (occasionally plural semblables): Something that is like or similar. the semblable = the like (see like n.¹ 2); as, to do the semblable (= French faire le semblable). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > that which resembles something else swilkc1175 anlike1340 liking1340 likeningc1350 semblancec1374 resemblancea1393 likenessa1400 semblablec1400 similitudinary?a1425 like1440 assemblable?1530 a horse of another (also the same, etc.) colour1530 resembler1570 fellowa1616 remonstrance1640 simile1743 ditto1776 something of the sort1839 that or this sort of thing1848 assimilate1935 c1400 Rom. Rose 6759 In al this caas, and in semblables, If that ther ben mo resonables, He may begge, as I telle you here. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 57 He that doeth shewe loue and curtoisie, ought to be thankyd by semblable. 1521 T. Wolsey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 283 Who..herin geueth vnto you herty thanks, like as I do the semblable. 1528 Instruct. P. Vannes in Burnet Hist. Ref. (1679) I. ii. Rec. 48 Studying how they may acquite this your Ingratitude..with the semblable. 1560 in J. Scott Berwick-upon-Tweed (1888) 448 Yf any soldiers of the garrison be appointed to keep scourage or any such semblables as their course shall come about. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vi. 343 Long before their time, Clodius..practised the semblable in pearles of great price. 2. With qualifying possessive: (One's) like, (one's) fellow. (So French son semblable.) (Revived in 20th cent. use.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > fellow or one of the same kind anlike1340 semblablec1400 fellow?1440 ally1566 sister1570 connatural1640 kindred spirit1706 congener1838 c1400 Rom. Rose 4855 For he shulde setten al his wil To geten a likly thing him til, And to sustene, if he might, And kepe forth, by kindes right, His owne lyknesse and semblable. ?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 83 Vnto his semblable thus euery thyng can drawe. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 6 b Every natural complexion delyteth in his semblable. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 107 + 13 To make true dixion of him, his semblable is his mirrour. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 22 His semblable, yea himselfe Timon disdaines. View more context for this quotation 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 366 It behoves every most just citizen to become the exhortator and admonisher of his semblables. 1923 T. S. Eliot Waste Land i. 8 You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!] 1941 V. Woolf Between Acts 242 There was Dodge, the lip-reader, her semblable, her conspirator. 1979 Dædalus Summer 30 These thoughts picture Othello as, in various ways, a semblable of yours. †3. A similitude or parable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun] > a similarity similitudec1405 likeliness?a1425 resembling1482 likelihood1495 resemblance1532 semblable1547 likeness1598 conformitya1639 commonalty1841 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory > an allegory likenessc1175 parablec1250 proverbc1384 similitudea1425 allegoryc1450 semblable1547 allusion1548 mythology1603 parabolic1829 1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. i. iv. sig. Avj Parrables, semblables and examples, (though differing in sumwhat) drawe al to one kynde. 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