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/ rɪˈzɛm bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), re·sem·bled, re·sem·bling. to be like or similar to.
Archaic . to liken or compare.
Origin of resemble 1300–50; Middle English resemblen <Middle French resembler, Old French, equivalent to re- re- + sembler to seem, be like <Latin similāre, derivative of similis like; see similar
OTHER WORDS FROM resemble re·sem·bling·ly, adverb pre·re·sem·ble, verb, pre·re·sem·bled, pre·re·sem·bling. un·re·sem·bling, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
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British Dictionary definitions for resemble verb (tr) to possess some similarity to; be like
Derived forms of resemble resembler , noun Word Origin for resemble C14: from Old French resembler , from re- + sembler to look like, from Latin similis like
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Words related to resemble parallel, feature, simulate, mirror, relate, approximate, echo, favor, duplicate, double, follow, coincide, match, take after, bring to mind, correspond to, pass for