resemble

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

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

   The twins resemble each other.

2. 2
   verb

   To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.

   And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...].

3. 3
   verb

   To counterfeit; to imitate.

   They can so well resemble mans speech.

4. 4
   verb

   To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

   And ſince we all haue ſuckt one wholſome aire, And with the ſame proportion of Elements, Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]

5. 5
   verb

   appear like

Etymology

From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.