† seemableadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Like, similar.
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
1501 in Surtees Misc. (1890) 51 As þei wold we did to thaym or thayrez in a cause semeable.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 394 Rycht so, by about speche oft in tymes, And seuthable [MS. C. semabill] wordis we compile our rymes.
Derivatives
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb]
ylikeeOE
alsoOE
with likec1175
swilk12..
in (also on and without preposition) like mannerc1330
in semblable case(s, in case(s semblable1390
item1398
in likec1400
semblably1420
in like wise1422
likelya1425
likewisec1443
alikewisec1450
ylikedealc1450
in like casea1459
ylikewise1460
otherwaysc1485
semblable1490
sic-like1513
like1529
seemably1535
likeways1551
agreeably1561
fellowlikea1569
alliably1593
likewisely1605
in specie1632
similarly1657
resemblingly1661
kindredly1765
evenwise1866
1535 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 398 For your goodnes herein to be shewed vnto hym..ye shalbe well assured to fynd me as redy semably to requyte you.
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adj.1501