Definitions for resemble
rɪˈzɛm bəlre·sem·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. resembleverb

   appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to

   "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. resembleverb

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

2. resembleverb

   To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Resembleverb

   Etymology: resembler, Fr.

   1. To compare; to represent as like something else.

   Most safely may we resemble ourselves to God, in respect of that pure faculty, which is never separate from the love of God. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   The torrid parts of Africk are resembled to a libbard’s skin, the distance of whose spots represent the disperseness of habitations. Edward Brerewood, on Languages.

   2. To be like; to have a likeness to.

   If we see a man of virtues, mixed with infirmities, fall into misfortune, we are afraid that the like misfortunes may happen to ourselves, who resemble the character. Addison.

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1. resemble

   To resemble means to show similarity or likeness to someone or something in appearance, qualities or characteristics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Resembleverb

   to be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other

2. Resembleverb

   to liken; to compare; to represent as like

3. Resembleverb

   to counterfeit; to imitate

4. Resembleverb

   to cause to imitate or be like

5. Etymology: [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Resemble

   rē-zem′bl, v.t. to be similar to: to have the likeness of: to possess similar qualities or appearance: to compare: to make like.—adj. Resemblable, admitting of being compared.—n. Resem′blance, the state of resembling: similitude: likeness: similarity: that which is similar.—adj. Resem′blant.—n. Resem′bler.—adj. Resem′bling.—adv. Resem′blingly. [O. Fr. resembler (Fr. ressembler)—re-, again, sembler, to seem—L. simulāre, to make like—similis, like.]

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1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'resemble' in Verbs Frequency: #760

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How to pronounce resemble?

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   Australian

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   Australian

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How to say resemble in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of resemble in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of resemble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of resemble in a Sentence

1. Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko:

   I do not like poems that resemble hay compressed into a geometrically perfect cube. I like it when the hay, unkempt, uncombed, with dry berries mixed in it, thrown together gaily and freely, bounces along atop some truck-and more, if there are some lovely and healthy lasses atop the hay-and better yet if the branches catch at the hay, and some of it tumbles to the road.

2. Jason McLellan:

   What weve been able to do is produce the molecule thats on the surface of the coronavirus in our lab. So the surface of the virus contains these spike molecules that sort of resemble mushrooms and they use these molecules to bind to our cells and then cause the virus to enter the cells, so we really want to target these spikes to prevent their function and prevent the virus from getting into our cell.

3. Michael Every:

   The base case is rapidly shifting from 'Bad', meaning only China is impacted, to 'Ugly', where both emerging Asia and developed economies see soaring infection rates and deaths, its effects will likely resemble the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 more than the SARS outbreak in 2003.

4. Leo Tolstoy:

   All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

5. Ragini Verma:

   It certainly does not resemble the imaging presentation of traumatic brain injury or concussion, although they present with clinical symptoms which are concussion-like, it says something happened, and we need to look further, and that's about it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=resemble
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Resemble
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=resemble
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resemble
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=resemble
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=resemble