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Resemble
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. 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. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.
3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.
4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.