resemblev.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈzɛmbl/, U.S.

/rəˈzɛmb(ə)l/,

/riˈzɛmb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English rasemble, Middle English rassemble, Middle English recemble, Middle English resembil, Middle English–1700s ressemble, Middle English– resemble, late Middle English reysemel (in a late copy), 1500s recimbell; Scottish pre-1700 resembill, pre-1700 1700s– resemble.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French resembler, rassembler.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resembler, Middle French ressembler (in Anglo-Norman also rassembler; French ressembler ) to resemble in form, appearance, or character, to be alike, to look like, appear to be, to seem, appear (12th cent. in Old French), to imitate, copy (14th cent. in the passage translated in quot. ?c1400 at sense 3b) < re- re- prefix + sembler semble v.² Compare Italian rassomigliare, †resimiliare, †risomigliare, etc. (14th cent.).

a. transitive. To be like, to have a likeness or similarity to, to have some feature or property in common with (another person or thing).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > be like, resemble, or take after

to bear a resemblance toa1225

semblec1330

resemble1340

to look likec1390

representa1398

belikec1475

assemble1483

express1483

to take after ——1553

figure1567

assimilate1578

besib1596

imitate1601

resemblance1603

respect1604

favour1609

image1726

mirror1820

facsimile1839

turn after ——1848

picture1850

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 (MED) Hi resembleþ an eddre þet hatte serayn.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 214 (MED) Þe sone..resembleth wel þe wydwe.

a1449 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 767 (MED) Folk that be humble..Resemble beestys meek and vertuous.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1572 (MED) Mathew..Resemblyd an Aungell.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 688/1 It is nat he but he resembleth hym moche.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. vi. 36 These trees doe properly resemble the Lentiscus.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 12 Had he not resembled My Father as he slept, I had don't.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. i. sig. R1 A sort of vain and flanting Grandees, who..do but too much resemble these painted Clouds.

1718 Free-thinker No. 75. 2 Cunning resembles Prudence, as an Ape resembles a Man.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxvii. 304 The unhappy Baronet has no friends, even among those who resemble him.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 114 There was no Stuart whose countenance resembled that of Charles the First.

1896 Law Times 100 466/2 The coronet..did not so closely resemble a Royal Crown as to be likely to be taken for it.

1914 J. W. Jones Fur-farming in Canada (ed. 2) 7 The furdressers and dyers produced a clipped and dyed muskrat skin that resembled sealskin almost perfectly.

1958 D. C. Jarvis Folk Med. vii. 52 Chervil is an aromatic plant, somewhat resembling parsley but superior in flavor.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic viii. 91 Their uneven flavescent patches of flecked, peeling bark resembled the camouflage of military uniforms.

b. intransitive. To be similar to (also unto) another person or thing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > resemble or take after > be like to

resemblec1425

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 3996 (MED) Take heed..To resemble in manhod & in chere..To þi fader.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 522 (MED) Alle..resembled in ther wepyng..to folk of Nynyvee.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 134 Participles.., in some accidentes, resemble unto their verbes.

1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health i. 8 That which resembleth vnto cleare water, betokeneth [etc.].

1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vi. 195 His resolutions, and flame, were resembling unto mine.

1653 tr. Math. Recreations (new ed.) 79 (heading) To make or describe an Ovall form, or that which neare resembles unto it, at one turning with a paire of common Compasses.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 328 Fortescue's Fate..resembles something to Chancellor Bacon's Misfortunes.

1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) I. 52 The Persian Creed derived from Zoroaster resembled the most to that of Christianity.

1906–8 G. Stein Making of Americans (1925) 332 Every one is always remembering some one who is resembling to some one.

c. intransitive. To have mutual likeness; to be like or similar to each other. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > be a pair or like each other

resemblec1450

to be a pair1840

c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 265 (MED) In propertees also þe eddur and þe covetus man resembleth.

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 111 (MED) Ire and hate resemble in as moche as they be bothe violent.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxii. 73 Hee drew three round balles of water, and two of earth, which did so well resemble, as you would have iudged them all one bowell.

1751 tr. Female Foundling II. 6 Few Characters could resemble more, than the Characters of these two Women.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. x. 431 In one feature or two, nations resemble, which are placed at stages considerably remote.

a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) ii. 31 Wherein they resemble and wherein they differ.

1994 P. Powell Small Gathering of Bones 37 Everybody say them resemble. Same style of walking that has a purpose in each step, same little bit of hair on the body.

†2.

a. transitive. To cause (something) to be similar or comparable to (also unto) some person or thing. Frequently in passive. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 251 (MED) Ydropesie Resembled is unto this vice.

a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 112 Thair kyngdomes bethe than most resembled to the kyngdome of God.

a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 274 He answerit that the wemen is resemblit onto a tre..quhilk [etc.].

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vi. sig. M8 Outward Accidents, and Conditions, whose restless Vicissitudes but too justly and too fitly resemble them to Wheels.

1787 T. Jefferson Tour S. France 12 May in Papers (1955) XI. 445 It is potable the April after it is made..and after 10. years begins to have a pitchy taste resembling it to Malaga.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. iii. 294 A want of system..too closely resembled to a want of truth, to allow any solid title to respect.

b. transitive. To make (two or more things) similar to each other. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)]

comparison1340

likena1382

figure1393

compare1447

comparagea1450

comparate?a1475

assemble1483

apply?1532

assimile1547

configurate1582

resemble1590

guise1606

similize1620

assimilate1630

approacha1649

consimilate1716

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vi. sig. C I hope we are resembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life.

†3.

a. transitive. To represent, depict, make an image or likeness of (a person or thing). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)]

depaint?c1225

paintc1275

figurec1380

resemblea1393

portraya1398

represent?a1425

impicture1523

portrait1548

shadow1553

to paint forth1558

storize1590

personate1591

limn1593

propound1594

model1604

table1607

semble1610

rendera1616

to paint out1633

person1644

present1649

to figure out1657

historize1668

to fancy out1669

to take off1680

figurate1698

refer1700

display1726

depicture1739

depict1817

actualize1848

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)]

workOE

shapea1375

express1382

marka1393

resemblea1393

portraya1398

devisea1400

makea1400

represent?a1425

counterfeitc1440

to set on write1486

porturea1500

emporturea1529

story1532

portrait1548

show1565

decipher1567

portraiture1581

to set forth1585

emblazea1592

stell1598

defigure1599

infigure1606

effigiate1608

deportract1611

deportray1611

rendera1616

image1624

configure1630

exiconize1641

effigies1652

to take off1680

mimic1770

paraphrase1961

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)]

betokenc1175

bysenc1325

bodea1387

resemblea1393

figure1401

figurate?1548

moralize1597

typify1635

type1831

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1191 This Signe [sc. Aquarius] is verraily resembled Lich to a man which halt assembled In eyther hand a water spoute.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 122 There are nine rebating [1597 rebatings] of armes, which..are resembled, as hereafter followeth.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 723 That excellent workeman Lysippus..hath perfectly drawen and resembled Alexanders maner of holding his necke.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 63 Their countenances were resembled and engrailed in their Armorie.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 53 Painters and Carvers..when they were to resemble the Gods, departed not one inch from the Poets.

b. transitive. To imitate or copy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)]

evenlecheOE

resemble?c1400

imitate1534

sequest1567

succeed1577

act1599

pattern1601

similize1606

like1613

echoa1616

sample1616

ape1634

transcribe1646

copy1648

copy1649

mime1728

borrowa1847

to make likea1881

replicate1915

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 5039 It folwiþ and resembliþ [L. uidetur aemulari; Fr. ensuit et..resemble] þilke þing þat it ne may nat attayne to.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiiii. 84 As it passeth thorough euerie mans mouth, and is resembled by euerie mans pen, so must it nedes gather much corruption by the waie.

1616 B. Jonson Challenge at Tilt 141 in Wks. I In what shape soeuer, I present my selfe, thou wilt seeme to be the same? Not so much as my chariot, but resembled by thee?

a. transitive. To compare or liken (a person or thing) to (also unto) another. Also with with. Now rare and archaic.

ΚΠ

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. 265 (MED) To lowe lybbyng men þe larke is resembled [v.r. may be lykned].

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 8^v Lyff may be resembled unto the fleyng of an arowe.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biii This noble prynces whome we dyde resemble vnto the blessyd woman Martha.

1547 Certayne Serm. or Homilies (new ed.) sig. P.ij^v These be saincte Paules wordes in effecte, wherby we may perceyue, that the lyfe in this world, is resembled to a pilgrimage, in a straunge countrie far frome God.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. iii. §3. 72 We may resemble our Passions to men affected with the dropsie.

1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 37 The example of the Elector Palatine may not be compared and resembled with the example of the Elector Iohn Fredericke of Saxonie.

1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 203 The Power of Princes is not improperly resembled and derived down by Paternal Authority.

1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 162. ¶4 Thus Solomon resembles the Nose of his Beloved to the Tower of Libanon.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 10 The ships..may be resembled to two men.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 166 At the date of St. Paul's Epistles the (Roman) World may be resembled to a Mass in the Furnace in the first moment of fusion.

1887 Athenæum 31 Dec. 897/3 Mars, the red planet to which that star [sc. Antares] was thus resembled, is in Virgo.

1995 M. Keren Professionals Against Populism ii. 24 The possessor of knowledge was resembled to the ancient prophet who..inspired the people to change their ways.

†b. transitive. To compare (two or more things) with each other. Also with together. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken

bysenc1325

anliken1340

comparison1340

liken1340

figure1393

like?c1425

semblea1440

compare1447

comparagea1450

signifya1470

comparate?a1475

figurate?a1500

resemble1533

patterna1586

symbolize with1605

assimilatec1616

similize1620

symbolize1651

similarize1806

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xliiii^v Howe goeth nowe..thys answere of thys good man.., touchynge the poynte that I resemble theym for?

1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 78 A marvelous case, that I should compare and resemble players together so absurdly.

†c. transitive. To find the metaphorical or symbolic meaning of; to interpret. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)]

understandc1000

interpretc1380

construea1400

construec1465

to make (a) construction1528

expound1533

confera1555

reada1556

decipher1569

resemble1592

intellect1599

1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxii.) f. 131 Iacobs halting, some haue resembled..in this sorte. First that it should betoken an halting posteritie.

†5. intransitive and transitive. To seem, to appear; to pretend. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > seem

thinkeOE

beseem?c1225

semblec1325

show1340

supposea1393

appeara1425

resemble?a1425

think1425

seem1570

'pear1851

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 (MED) Theise bestes ben soules of worthi men þat resemblen in lykness of þo bestes þat ben faire.

1453–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Mar. 1453 §72. m. 1 Come unto theym resemblyng to be theire grettest frendes.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 They..resemble well by their contenaunce & habyllemens that they ben departed from noble & goode hous.

c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 503 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 472 He resemblyt fore to be worthy and gud.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. E Reputyng in his thought By suche maner gyftes, the greatly to content Be cause thou resembled, as poore and indigent.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Fuga Texúntque fugas & praelia. They resemble sometimes to flie, sometimes to fight as though they had bene in battaile.

Derivatives

reˈsembled adj.

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

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > that makes similar > made similar

resembled1553

assimilated1797

1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique sig. Cci^v To shewe a certaine maiestye wyth the reporte of suche resembled thinges.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients iii. iv. 296 To represent also their severall demeanours, according to the difference of the resembled persons.

1749 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Meropé iii. i. 33 Bless the resembled Mother's copied Softness!

1927 D. Kvitko tr. V. Heyfelder in tr. V. Lenin Materialism & Empirio-Criticism iv. 197 A certain resemblance with the resembled object is demanded from an image.

2004 G. Currie Arts & Minds 281 The capacity of very minimal resemblance in a substitute object to trigger behaviour appropriate to the resembled thing.

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

单词	resemble
释义	resemblev.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈzɛmbl/, U.S. /rəˈzɛmb(ə)l/, /riˈzɛmb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English rasemble, Middle English rassemble, Middle English recemble, Middle English resembil, Middle English–1700s ressemble, Middle English– resemble, late Middle English reysemel (in a late copy), 1500s recimbell; Scottish pre-1700 resembill, pre-1700 1700s– resemble. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French resembler, rassembler. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French resembler, Middle French ressembler (in Anglo-Norman also rassembler; French ressembler ) to resemble in form, appearance, or character, to be alike, to look like, appear to be, to seem, appear (12th cent. in Old French), to imitate, copy (14th cent. in the passage translated in quot. ?c1400 at sense 3b) < re- re- prefix + sembler semble v.² Compare Italian rassomigliare, †resimiliare, †risomigliare, etc. (14th cent.). 1. a. transitive. To be like, to have a likeness or similarity to, to have some feature or property in common with (another person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > be like, resemble, or take after to bear a resemblance toa1225 semblec1330 resemble1340 to look likec1390 representa1398 belikec1475 assemble1483 express1483 to take after ——1553 figure1567 assimilate1578 besib1596 imitate1601 resemblance1603 respect1604 favour1609 image1726 mirror1820 facsimile1839 turn after ——1848 picture1850 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 (MED) Hi resembleþ an eddre þet hatte serayn. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 214 (MED) Þe sone..resembleth wel þe wydwe. a1449 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 767 (MED) Folk that be humble..Resemble beestys meek and vertuous. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1572 (MED) Mathew..Resemblyd an Aungell. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 688/1 It is nat he but he resembleth hym moche. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. vi. 36 These trees doe properly resemble the Lentiscus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 12 Had he not resembled My Father as he slept, I had don't. View more context for this quotation 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iii. i. sig. R1 A sort of vain and flanting Grandees, who..do but too much resemble these painted Clouds. 1718 Free-thinker No. 75. 2 Cunning resembles Prudence, as an Ape resembles a Man. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxvii. 304 The unhappy Baronet has no friends, even among those who resemble him. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 114 There was no Stuart whose countenance resembled that of Charles the First. 1896 Law Times 100 466/2 The coronet..did not so closely resemble a Royal Crown as to be likely to be taken for it. 1914 J. W. Jones Fur-farming in Canada (ed. 2) 7 The furdressers and dyers produced a clipped and dyed muskrat skin that resembled sealskin almost perfectly. 1958 D. C. Jarvis Folk Med. vii. 52 Chervil is an aromatic plant, somewhat resembling parsley but superior in flavor. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic viii. 91 Their uneven flavescent patches of flecked, peeling bark resembled the camouflage of military uniforms. b. intransitive. To be similar to (also unto) another person or thing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > resemble or take after > be like to resemblec1425 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 3996 (MED) Take heed..To resemble in manhod & in chere..To þi fader. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 522 (MED) Alle..resembled in ther wepyng..to folk of Nynyvee. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 134 Participles.., in some accidentes, resemble unto their verbes. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health i. 8 That which resembleth vnto cleare water, betokeneth [etc.]. 1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. vi. 195 His resolutions, and flame, were resembling unto mine. 1653 tr. Math. Recreations (new ed.) 79 (heading) To make or describe an Ovall form, or that which neare resembles unto it, at one turning with a paire of common Compasses. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 328 Fortescue's Fate..resembles something to Chancellor Bacon's Misfortunes. 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) I. 52 The Persian Creed derived from Zoroaster resembled the most to that of Christianity. 1906–8 G. Stein Making of Americans (1925) 332 Every one is always remembering some one who is resembling to some one. c. intransitive. To have mutual likeness; to be like or similar to each other. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > be a pair or like each other resemblec1450 to be a pair1840 c1450 (c1415) in W. O. Ross Middle Eng. Serm. (1940) 265 (MED) In propertees also þe eddur and þe covetus man resembleth. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 111 (MED) Ire and hate resemble in as moche as they be bothe violent. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xxii. 73 Hee drew three round balles of water, and two of earth, which did so well resemble, as you would have iudged them all one bowell. 1751 tr. Female Foundling II. 6 Few Characters could resemble more, than the Characters of these two Women. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. x. 431 In one feature or two, nations resemble, which are placed at stages considerably remote. a1871 G. Grote Fragm. Ethical Subj. (1876) ii. 31 Wherein they resemble and wherein they differ. 1994 P. Powell Small Gathering of Bones 37 Everybody say them resemble. Same style of walking that has a purpose in each step, same little bit of hair on the body. †2. a. transitive. To cause (something) to be similar or comparable to (also unto) some person or thing. Frequently in passive. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 251 (MED) Ydropesie Resembled is unto this vice. a1475 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (Laud) (1885) 112 Thair kyngdomes bethe than most resembled to the kyngdome of God. a1525 G. Myll Spectakle of Luf in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 274 He answerit that the wemen is resemblit onto a tre..quhilk [etc.]. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. i. vi. sig. M8 Outward Accidents, and Conditions, whose restless Vicissitudes but too justly and too fitly resemble them to Wheels. 1787 T. Jefferson Tour S. France 12 May in Papers (1955) XI. 445 It is potable the April after it is made..and after 10. years begins to have a pitchy taste resembling it to Malaga. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice iii. iii. 294 A want of system..too closely resembled to a want of truth, to allow any solid title to respect. b. transitive. To make (two or more things) similar to each other. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] comparison1340 likena1382 figure1393 compare1447 comparagea1450 comparate?a1475 assemble1483 apply?1532 assimile1547 configurate1582 resemble1590 guise1606 similize1620 assimilate1630 approacha1649 consimilate1716 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vi. sig. C I hope we are resembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life. †3. a. transitive. To represent, depict, make an image or likeness of (a person or thing). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [verb (transitive)] depaint?c1225 paintc1275 figurec1380 resemblea1393 portraya1398 represent?a1425 impicture1523 portrait1548 shadow1553 to paint forth1558 storize1590 personate1591 limn1593 propound1594 model1604 table1607 semble1610 rendera1616 to paint out1633 person1644 present1649 to figure out1657 historize1668 to fancy out1669 to take off1680 figurate1698 refer1700 display1726 depicture1739 depict1817 actualize1848 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] workOE shapea1375 express1382 marka1393 resemblea1393 portraya1398 devisea1400 makea1400 represent?a1425 counterfeitc1440 to set on write1486 porturea1500 emporturea1529 story1532 portrait1548 show1565 decipher1567 portraiture1581 to set forth1585 emblazea1592 stell1598 defigure1599 infigure1606 effigiate1608 deportract1611 deportray1611 rendera1616 image1624 configure1630 exiconize1641 effigies1652 to take off1680 mimic1770 paraphrase1961 society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > be type of [verb (transitive)] betokenc1175 bysenc1325 bodea1387 resemblea1393 figure1401 figurate?1548 moralize1597 typify1635 type1831 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 1191 This Signe [sc. Aquarius] is verraily resembled Lich to a man which halt assembled In eyther hand a water spoute. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory f. 122 There are nine rebating [1597 rebatings] of armes, which..are resembled, as hereafter followeth. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 723 That excellent workeman Lysippus..hath perfectly drawen and resembled Alexanders maner of holding his necke. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 63 Their countenances were resembled and engrailed in their Armorie. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 53 Painters and Carvers..when they were to resemble the Gods, departed not one inch from the Poets. b. transitive. To imitate or copy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > imitate [verb (transitive)] evenlecheOE resemble?c1400 imitate1534 sequest1567 succeed1577 act1599 pattern1601 similize1606 like1613 echoa1616 sample1616 ape1634 transcribe1646 copy1648 copy1649 mime1728 borrowa1847 to make likea1881 replicate1915 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) v. pr. vi. l. 5039 It folwiþ and resembliþ [L. uidetur aemulari; Fr. ensuit et..resemble] þilke þing þat it ne may nat attayne to. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xiiii. 84 As it passeth thorough euerie mans mouth, and is resembled by euerie mans pen, so must it nedes gather much corruption by the waie. 1616 B. Jonson Challenge at Tilt 141 in Wks. I In what shape soeuer, I present my selfe, thou wilt seeme to be the same? Not so much as my chariot, but resembled by thee? 4. a. transitive. To compare or liken (a person or thing) to (also unto) another. Also with with. Now rare and archaic. ΚΠ c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. 265 (MED) To lowe lybbyng men þe larke is resembled [v.r. may be lykned]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 8^v Lyff may be resembled unto the fleyng of an arowe. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biii This noble prynces whome we dyde resemble vnto the blessyd woman Martha. 1547 Certayne Serm. or Homilies (new ed.) sig. P.ij^v These be saincte Paules wordes in effecte, wherby we may perceyue, that the lyfe in this world, is resembled to a pilgrimage, in a straunge countrie far frome God. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. iii. §3. 72 We may resemble our Passions to men affected with the dropsie. 1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 37 The example of the Elector Palatine may not be compared and resembled with the example of the Elector Iohn Fredericke of Saxonie. 1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd II. 203 The Power of Princes is not improperly resembled and derived down by Paternal Authority. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 162. ¶4 Thus Solomon resembles the Nose of his Beloved to the Tower of Libanon. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 10 The ships..may be resembled to two men. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 166 At the date of St. Paul's Epistles the (Roman) World may be resembled to a Mass in the Furnace in the first moment of fusion. 1887 Athenæum 31 Dec. 897/3 Mars, the red planet to which that star [sc. Antares] was thus resembled, is in Virgo. 1995 M. Keren Professionals Against Populism ii. 24 The possessor of knowledge was resembled to the ancient prophet who..inspired the people to change their ways. †b. transitive. To compare (two or more things) with each other. Also with together. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xv. f. xliiii^v Howe goeth nowe..thys answere of thys good man.., touchynge the poynte that I resemble theym for? 1599 J. Rainolds Overthrow Stage-playes 78 A marvelous case, that I should compare and resemble players together so absurdly. †c. transitive. To find the metaphorical or symbolic meaning of; to interpret. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > interpret in particular way [verb (transitive)] understandc1000 interpretc1380 construea1400 construec1465 to make (a) construction1528 expound1533 confera1555 reada1556 decipher1569 resemble1592 intellect1599 1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (xxxii.) f. 131 Iacobs halting, some haue resembled..in this sorte. First that it should betoken an halting posteritie. †5. intransitive and transitive. To seem, to appear; to pretend. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > have (specific) appearance [verb (intransitive)] > seem thinkeOE beseem?c1225 semblec1325 show1340 supposea1393 appeara1425 resemble?a1425 think1425 seem1570 'pear1851 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 137 (MED) Theise bestes ben soules of worthi men þat resemblen in lykness of þo bestes þat ben faire. 1453–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Mar. 1453 §72. m. 1 Come unto theym resemblyng to be theire grettest frendes. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 75 They..resemble well by their contenaunce & habyllemens that they ben departed from noble & goode hous. c1480 (a1400) St. Julian 503 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 472 He resemblyt fore to be worthy and gud. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. E Reputyng in his thought By suche maner gyftes, the greatly to content Be cause thou resembled, as poore and indigent. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Fuga Texúntque fugas & praelia. They resemble sometimes to flie, sometimes to fight as though they had bene in battaile. Derivatives reˈsembled adj. 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 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > that makes similar > made similar resembled1553 assimilated1797 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique sig. Cci^v To shewe a certaine maiestye wyth the reporte of suche resembled thinges. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients iii. iv. 296 To represent also their severall demeanours, according to the difference of the resembled persons. 1749 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Meropé iii. i. 33 Bless the resembled Mother's copied Softness! 1927 D. Kvitko tr. V. Heyfelder in tr. V. Lenin Materialism & Empirio-Criticism iv. 197 A certain resemblance with the resembled object is demanded from an image. 2004 G. Currie Arts & Minds 281 The capacity of very minimal resemblance in a substitute object to trigger behaviour appropriate to the resembled thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † resemblev.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, semble v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + semble v.¹ Compare reassemble v. and Anglo-Norman and Middle French rassembler (see reassemble v.). Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To assemble, collect, come together.In quot. 1531: to return to (a state of mind). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals gathera975 ensemblea1300 drawc1300 semble1389 herd1393 assemblea1400 routa1400 sanka1400 trume?a1400 musterc1425 convene1429 resemblea1450 to draw together1455 forgather1513 accompany1534 troop1565 congregate1570 to get together1575 parliament?1589 accoil1590 join1706 to roll up1817 congressa1850 to round up1879 a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiv. 713 (MED) With An horn he gan to blowe And Made his Meyne to Resemble Aȝen. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 4^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) And gif thai ger thaim resemble agane at the heraris tak gud tent to thaim. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxx. sig. l.i Than shortly resembled, vnto that sayd place The people of Hamburgens, a great company. 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1941) I. 297 Nochtheles, thai resemblit sone to thair corage and went to harnes. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. D3^v Thither likewise resembled the flower of the nobilitie and Ladies. 2. transitive. To bring together or collect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > assemble (people or animals) gathera975 samOE flockc1275 assemble1297 ensemblea1300 sanka1300 semblea1325 applyc1384 minga1400 resemble1477 suma1500 congregatea1513 amass1573 troopa1592 convene1596 to scum together1596 conventicle1597 rally1603 entroop1609 rustle1883 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 192 In this estate was I..til that the goddes haue resemblid this lady and me by your grete defaute. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clxx. f. lxxxxvii^v Wherfore y^e Danys resembled theyr people, and gaderyd a newe hoost. 1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie 87 The..high court of Parliament..being resembled by..his highnesse commissioner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.¹1340v.²a1450
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