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resemble (v.)

mid-14c., from Old French resembler "belike" (12c., Modern French ressemble), from re-, intensive prefix, + sembler "to appear, to seem, be like," from Latin simulare "to make like, imitate, copy, represent," from stem of similis "like, resembling, of the same kind" (see similar). Related: Resembled; resembling.

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Definitions of resemble from WordNet

resemble (v.)
appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to;
She resembles her mother very much
This paper resembles my own work
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