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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: resembler, from sembler 'to be like, seem', from Latin similare 'to copy'

resemble

 verb
     
re‧sem‧ble [transitive not in progressive or passive]
to look like or be similar to someone or something:
It's amazing how closely Brian and Steve resemble each other.
He grew up to resemble his father.
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