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/ɹɪˈzɛmb(ə)l/ · re·sem·ble
verb
- To be like or similar to (something or someone). The two paintings resemble each other in style and color palette.
- To compare; to regard as similar, to liken. Critics often resemble his early work to that of the Romantic poets.
- To counterfeit; to imitate. The forger tried to resemble the original manuscript so closely that experts were fooled.
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Did you know? Shakespeare used 'resemble' in The Tempest (Act I, Scene 2) to describe the likeness between characters, marking one of the earliest literary attestations of the verb.