RESEMBLE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.
v.

To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.

3.
v.

To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.

4.
v.

To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.

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