Middle English Dictionary Entry

resemblen v.(1)
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Entry Info

Forms resemblen v.(1) Also resemble, resembil, ressemblen, recemble, ras(s)emble(n.
Etymology OF resembler, ressembler.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) To be like (sb. or sth.), look like, resemble; (b) ~ to (unto), to resemble (sb. or sth.), be like, look like; also, correspond to (sth.); (c) to be alike; (d) to imitate (sth.).
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2.
(a) To compare (sb. or sth. to sth.); (b) ppl. resembled as adj.: comparable (to sb. or sth.), like, analogous.
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3.
(a) To appear (in likeness of sth.); also, seem (to be forged); (b) to depict (sth. in a certain way); (c) to pretend (to be sth.); (d) to correspond to (sth.), parallel.
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