resemble

English

/ɹɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
  • (transitive) To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
  • (obsolete) To counterfeit; to imitate.
  • (obsolete)  To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

Etymology

Prefix from English semble root from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sem-

Gloss

one, together, same, whole, summer, together with, from which also comes Ancient Greek m, as one, like

Concept
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Ontological Category

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Kanji

好

Emoji
🕐️ 🕜️

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