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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESEM'BLE, v.t. s as z. [See similar.]
1. To have the likeness of; to bear the similitude of something, either in form, figure or qualities. One man may resemble another in features; he may resemble a third person in temper or deportment.
Each one resembled the children of a king. Judges 8.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like something else.
The torrid parts of Africa are resembled to a libbard's skin, the distance of whose spots represents the dispersed situation of the habitations.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (resembled; resembling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French resembler, from re- + sembler to be like, seem, from Latin similare to copy, from similis like — more at same Date: 14th century 1. to be like or similar to <he resembles his father> 2. archaic to represent as like

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. be like; have a similarity to, or features in common with, or the same appearance as. Derivatives: resembler n. Etymology: ME f. OF resembler (as RE-, sembler f. L similare f. similis like)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resemble Re*sem"ble (r?-z?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-bl?ng).] [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(resembles, resembling, resembled) If one thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other. Some of the commercially produced venison resembles beef in flavour... VERB: no cont, V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Be like, bear likeness or resemblance to. 2. Liken, compare. 3. Imitate, counterfeit.

Moby Thesaurus

admit of comparison, ape, appear like, approach, approximate, be, be commensurable, be comparable, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, come close, come near, come up to, compare, compare to, compare with, copy, correspond, correspond to, counterfeit, evoke, favor, feature, follow, imitate, look like, match, match up with, measure up to, mimic, mirror, near, nearly reproduce, not compare with, not tell apart, parallel, partake of, remind one of, rival, savor of, seem like, simulate, smack of, sound like, stack up with, suggest, take after, vie, vie with