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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 --Shak.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like [Obs.]
The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright.
--Spenser.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
resemble
v : appear like be similar to "She resembles her mother very
much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
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