resemble

[Re*sem·ble]

Have you noticed that many pet owners resemble their pets? Or is it that pets resemble their owners? Either way, it’s downright strange how they often look alike.

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

Verb
appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"


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

v. t.
To liken; to compare; to represent as like.

v. t.
To counterfeit; to imitate.

v. t.
To cause to imitate or be like.


Resemble

Re*sem"ble (r?-z?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).] [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.] 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.
We will resemble you in that.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.]
The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright.
3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland. 4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.

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

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Usage Examples

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

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a little bummed out when there is too much fancy stuff going on and it doesn't resemble the original dish at all.

The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.

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Other Usage Examples

Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.

Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

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