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Added 9 October 2026

resemble

/ɹɪˈzɛmbəl/ verb

In Latin: similō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about resemble at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
The twins resemble each other.
To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
To counterfeit; to imitate.

Origin

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

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