resemblantadj.n.

Brit.

/rᵻˈzɛmbl(ə)nt/, U.S.

/rəˈzɛmblənt/,

/riˈzɛmblənt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s resemblaunt, Middle English– resemblant, 1500s resemblante; also Scottish pre-1700 resembland.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French resemblant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resemblant, Middle French ressemblant, use as adjective of present participle of ressembler resemble v.¹ Compare semblant n., -ant suffix¹, and also resembling adj.

A. adj.

a. Similar, having resemblance or likeness, to something. Also with of, †unto.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > to or with

ylikeOE

semblablec1374

shapelyc1374

resemblablea1393

resemblanta1393

visible1412

participantc1485

semblant1485

alikea1500

conformable1526

conform1553

semnable1651

similar1657

unopposite1825

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 2492 Gold and selver..To which alle othre be degres Of the metalls ben acordant, And so thurgh kinde resemblant.

a1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Bodl.) (1869) B. xvi. 214 (MED) Resemblaunt to [c1400 Laud Þe sone..resembleth wel þe wydwe].

1534 W. Marshall tr. Decree Imperiall in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester sig. A.iii He fyrst formed man of the slyme of the earth, resemblaunt to the ymage and symilytude of his owne selfe.

1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Ff iv ^v In sundry proportions and proprieties so agreable and resemblante to those regulare solides, whose names they beare.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 173 Some Painims did beare the like signe in Armes, very resemblant to the playne crosse.

1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 14 That part of the land of Israel right resemblant to the field of the foolish.

1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. ii. 20 As he spoke with much action, he shewed the hand which had the mark, so resemblant unto that of Galerita's Cheek.

?1720 Reasons Joyning Friends 14 The new Birth is a gradual Process, and much resemblant to the natural Birth.

a1784 R. Bigland Hist. Coll. County of Gloucester (1791) I. 439 This Figure, which is very resemblant of those in the Temple Church.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 215 The figures in Mexican hieroglyphical paintings also afford objects very resemblant to those on our court cards.

1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 599 In no work..is there such a gallery of portraits, and so resemblant to what they were in..the flesh.

1945 Calif. Law Rev. 33 54 He is primarily a financing and credit insuring agent, with a function partly resemblant of banking.

1998 C. Ehret Afr. Classical Age 110 The major lithic shapes not improbably would take the form of polished stone axes, resemblant to those known between 3000 and 1000 B.C.

b. Characterized by resemblance or similarity; similar; alike.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective]

ylikeeOE

likeOE

anlikeOE

accordanta1325

of a (also one) mouldc1330

kindred1340

lichy1370

likelyc1384

alikea1393

ontinkela1400

evenly?c1400

similable?a1440

semble1449

of a sort1463

seemable1501

uniform1548

resembled1553

self-like1556

like-natured1566

resembling1573

kindlike1579

of the same, that, every, etc. feather1581

resemblant1581

marrow1585

similar1586

like-seeming1590

twin-like1599

connatural1601

similary1610

semblativea1616

otherlike1620

like-shaped1640

connate1641

homogeneous1641

consimilar1645

congenerous1646

resemblancing1652

congeniousa1656

congenerate1657

equaliform1660

congenial1669

similitive1678

symbolizant1685

synonymous1690

of akin1723

consimilary1736

like-sized1742

cogeneric1777

alike as a row of pins1785

congenerica1834

Siamese1833

congener1867

lak1881

sorty1885

homoeomorphic1902

homogenized1958

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 31 The most natural and resemblant picture of a Gentleman [Fr. la figure tresnaturelle d'vn gentilhomme].

1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea I. 117 Valour and Love are resemblant, and he that can measure them..is neither valiant, nor a lover worth a Rush.

1731 T. Stackhouse Refl. on Nature & Prop. of Langs. xiv. 100 The expressing it in Words makes it less resemblant, and the writing it more unlike than ever.

1797 Philanthrope 263 Presenting to the eye the resemblant signs of its objects.

1835 R. Southey Doctor III. 58 Resemblant therefore as the features were, the dissimilitude of expression was more apparent.

1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 450 The single features are often strikingly resemblant.

1926 L. Bloomfield in Language 2 164 Whoever speaks a foreign language or dialect may in it substitute resemblant features of his native speech.

1971 C. Landesman Probl. Universals ii. 48 Surely resemblance is itself a universal, present in many pairs or groups of resemblant objects?

2005 E. S. Rabkin Mars 103 Man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and..resemblant though diverse details are inevitably to be expected in the host of orbs around him.

2. Concerned with the production of likenesses; representational. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > naturalistic or representational

depictive1821

naturalistic1849

naturalist1860

resemblant1872

representational1910

1872 J. Ruskin Aratra Pentelici iv. 117 The object of the great Resemblant Arts is, and always has been, to resemble; and to resemble as closely as possible.

1908 Kindergarten-primary Mag. 21 136/1 The art of the eye—the resemblant arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and all the lesser arts.

B. n.

1. An imitation; a copy; an equivalent; (in plural) things that resemble each other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation

resemblant1484

patterna1500

counterfeiture1548

counterfeit1587

idol1590

reduplication1592

copy1596

module1608

imitationa1616

mockage1615

echo1622

conduplicationa1631

transcript1646

ectype1647

mime1650

duplicating1659

mimicry1688

replication1692

shadow1693

reproduction1701

mimication?1715

repetition1774

replicate1821

autotype1829

replica1841

re-creation1915

retake1922

mock-up1957

reprise1961

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent

ylikeeOE

likea1200

make?c1225

fellow?a1425

proportion?a1425

countervailc1430

matcha1450

meetc1450

pareil?c1450

resemblant1484

equivalent1502

countermatch1587

second1599

parallel1600

equipollent1611

balancea1616

tantamount1637

analogy1646

analogate1652

form-fellow1659

equivalency1698

par1711

homologizer1716

peel1722

analogon1797

quits1806

correlate1821

analogue1837

representant1847

homologue1848

countertype1855

homologon1871

correlative1875

vis-à-vis1900

counterpart1903

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xci. 124 For she that more suffreth of her lord withoute makynge therof no resemblaunt receyueth therof more worship.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iii. 133 After his example other counterfeicted a resemblant of perfeccion namyng themselfes Hieronomians.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke (STC 24656) viii. ii. f. cxlviii^v Cletus added to salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem, as a salucation condigne and apperteinyng to vertue & godlinesse, and a resemblant to Christes gretyng, whiche was peace be with you.

1670 J. Bunyan True Narr. Illegal Proc. Justices of Peace 13 He appeared rather a Purveyor for, and a resemblant of Satan, than an Officer of a Court Christian.

1825 A. Clarke Holy Bible with Comm. & Crit. Notes III. (2 Chron. xxi. 4) sig. 9r4/2 The lust of power..destroys all the charities of life; and renders those who are under its influence the truest resemblants of the arch fiend.

1893 Sat. Rev. 25 Feb. 204/2 Forms or scraps or resemblants of it belong..to Lorch, Brandenburg, and Ispahan.

1949 C. W. Cooper Arts & Humanity iii. 83 Signs that are imitative, that resemble their referents, we shall call resemblative signs, or resemblants.

1992 W. Brand Hume's Theory of Moral Judgment i. i. 34 We persist in justifying the identity by a second propensity of imagination to supplement the gaps among perceived resemblants with other unperceived resemblants.

†2. A semblance, a show. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming

semblant?c1225

coloura1325

countenance1362

appearancec1386

seemc1440

fair seeming1484

resemblant1485

seeming1576

apparition1613

semblancea1616

imposture1643

verisimile1652

seemingness1656

1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiv. vi. sig. P.iiij The lyon sawe that, he made no resemblaunt to fyghte with hym.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	resemblant
释义	resemblantadj.n. Brit. /rᵻˈzɛmbl(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈzɛmblənt/, /riˈzɛmblənt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s resemblaunt, Middle English– resemblant, 1500s resemblante; also Scottish pre-1700 resembland. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French resemblant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resemblant, Middle French ressemblant, use as adjective of present participle of ressembler resemble v.¹ Compare semblant n., -ant suffix¹, and also resembling adj. A. adj. 1. a. Similar, having resemblance or likeness, to something. Also with of, †unto. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > to or with ylikeOE semblablec1374 shapelyc1374 resemblablea1393 resemblanta1393 visible1412 participantc1485 semblant1485 alikea1500 conformable1526 conform1553 semnable1651 similar1657 unopposite1825 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 2492 Gold and selver..To which alle othre be degres Of the metalls ben acordant, And so thurgh kinde resemblant. a1450 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Bodl.) (1869) B. xvi. 214 (MED) Resemblaunt to [c1400 Laud Þe sone..resembleth wel þe wydwe]. 1534 W. Marshall tr. Decree Imperiall in tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation Syluester sig. A.iii He fyrst formed man of the slyme of the earth, resemblaunt to the ymage and symilytude of his owne selfe. 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xxv. sig. Ff iv ^v In sundry proportions and proprieties so agreable and resemblante to those regulare solides, whose names they beare. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 173 Some Painims did beare the like signe in Armes, very resemblant to the playne crosse. 1607 J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough 14 That part of the land of Israel right resemblant to the field of the foolish. 1655 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia I. ii. 20 As he spoke with much action, he shewed the hand which had the mark, so resemblant unto that of Galerita's Cheek. ?1720 Reasons Joyning Friends 14 The new Birth is a gradual Process, and much resemblant to the natural Birth. a1784 R. Bigland Hist. Coll. County of Gloucester (1791) I. 439 This Figure, which is very resemblant of those in the Temple Church. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 215 The figures in Mexican hieroglyphical paintings also afford objects very resemblant to those on our court cards. 1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 599 In no work..is there such a gallery of portraits, and so resemblant to what they were in..the flesh. 1945 Calif. Law Rev. 33 54 He is primarily a financing and credit insuring agent, with a function partly resemblant of banking. 1998 C. Ehret Afr. Classical Age 110 The major lithic shapes not improbably would take the form of polished stone axes, resemblant to those known between 3000 and 1000 B.C. b. Characterized by resemblance or similarity; similar; alike. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] ylikeeOE likeOE anlikeOE accordanta1325 of a (also one) mouldc1330 kindred1340 lichy1370 likelyc1384 alikea1393 ontinkela1400 evenly?c1400 similable?a1440 semble1449 of a sort1463 seemable1501 uniform1548 resembled1553 self-like1556 like-natured1566 resembling1573 kindlike1579 of the same, that, every, etc. feather1581 resemblant1581 marrow1585 similar1586 like-seeming1590 twin-like1599 connatural1601 similary1610 semblativea1616 otherlike1620 like-shaped1640 connate1641 homogeneous1641 consimilar1645 congenerous1646 resemblancing1652 congeniousa1656 congenerate1657 equaliform1660 congenial1669 similitive1678 symbolizant1685 synonymous1690 of akin1723 consimilary1736 like-sized1742 cogeneric1777 alike as a row of pins1785 congenerica1834 Siamese1833 congener1867 lak1881 sorty1885 homoeomorphic1902 homogenized1958 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. i. f. 31 The most natural and resemblant picture of a Gentleman [Fr. la figure tresnaturelle d'vn gentilhomme]. 1657 J. Davies tr. H. D'Urfé Astrea I. 117 Valour and Love are resemblant, and he that can measure them..is neither valiant, nor a lover worth a Rush. 1731 T. Stackhouse Refl. on Nature & Prop. of Langs. xiv. 100 The expressing it in Words makes it less resemblant, and the writing it more unlike than ever. 1797 Philanthrope 263 Presenting to the eye the resemblant signs of its objects. 1835 R. Southey Doctor III. 58 Resemblant therefore as the features were, the dissimilitude of expression was more apparent. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 450 The single features are often strikingly resemblant. 1926 L. Bloomfield in Language 2 164 Whoever speaks a foreign language or dialect may in it substitute resemblant features of his native speech. 1971 C. Landesman Probl. Universals ii. 48 Surely resemblance is itself a universal, present in many pairs or groups of resemblant objects? 2005 E. S. Rabkin Mars 103 Man is but a detail in the evolution of the universe, and..resemblant though diverse details are inevitably to be expected in the host of orbs around him. 2. Concerned with the production of likenesses; representational. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adjective] > naturalistic or representational depictive1821 naturalistic1849 naturalist1860 resemblant1872 representational1910 1872 J. Ruskin Aratra Pentelici iv. 117 The object of the great Resemblant Arts is, and always has been, to resemble; and to resemble as closely as possible. 1908 Kindergarten-primary Mag. 21 136/1 The art of the eye—the resemblant arts, painting, sculpture, architecture, and all the lesser arts. B. n. 1. An imitation; a copy; an equivalent; (in plural) things that resemble each other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > an imitation resemblant1484 patterna1500 counterfeiture1548 counterfeit1587 idol1590 reduplication1592 copy1596 module1608 imitationa1616 mockage1615 echo1622 conduplicationa1631 transcript1646 ectype1647 mime1650 duplicating1659 mimicry1688 replication1692 shadow1693 reproduction1701 mimication?1715 repetition1774 replicate1821 autotype1829 replica1841 re-creation1915 retake1922 mock-up1957 reprise1961 the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent ylikeeOE likea1200 make?c1225 fellow?a1425 proportion?a1425 countervailc1430 matcha1450 meetc1450 pareil?c1450 resemblant1484 equivalent1502 countermatch1587 second1599 parallel1600 equipollent1611 balancea1616 tantamount1637 analogy1646 analogate1652 form-fellow1659 equivalency1698 par1711 homologizer1716 peel1722 analogon1797 quits1806 correlate1821 analogue1837 representant1847 homologue1848 countertype1855 homologon1871 correlative1875 vis-à-vis1900 counterpart1903 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xci. 124 For she that more suffreth of her lord withoute makynge therof no resemblaunt receyueth therof more worship. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke vii. iii. 133 After his example other counterfeicted a resemblant of perfeccion namyng themselfes Hieronomians. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke (STC 24656) viii. ii. f. cxlviii^v Cletus added to salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem, as a salucation condigne and apperteinyng to vertue & godlinesse, and a resemblant to Christes gretyng, whiche was peace be with you. 1670 J. Bunyan True Narr. Illegal Proc. Justices of Peace 13 He appeared rather a Purveyor for, and a resemblant of Satan, than an Officer of a Court Christian. 1825 A. Clarke Holy Bible with Comm. & Crit. Notes III. (2 Chron. xxi. 4) sig. 9r4/2 The lust of power..destroys all the charities of life; and renders those who are under its influence the truest resemblants of the arch fiend. 1893 Sat. Rev. 25 Feb. 204/2 Forms or scraps or resemblants of it belong..to Lorch, Brandenburg, and Ispahan. 1949 C. W. Cooper Arts & Humanity iii. 83 Signs that are imitative, that resemble their referents, we shall call resemblative signs, or resemblants. 1992 W. Brand Hume's Theory of Moral Judgment i. i. 34 We persist in justifying the identity by a second propensity of imagination to supplement the gaps among perceived resemblants with other unperceived resemblants. †2. A semblance, a show. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming semblant?c1225 coloura1325 countenance1362 appearancec1386 seemc1440 fair seeming1484 resemblant1485 seeming1576 apparition1613 semblancea1616 imposture1643 verisimile1652 seemingness1656 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) xiv. vi. sig. P.iiij The lyon sawe that, he made no resemblaunt to fyghte with hym. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1393
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