semble

English

verb
Definitions
  • (legal) It seems; it appears that
  • To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.

Etymology

Derived from Old French semble, (il) semble (it seems) 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

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