resemble

verb

Etymology: From Middle English resemblen, from Anglo-Norman resembler, ressembler, from re- + sembler (“to seem”). By surface analysis, re- + semble.

1. To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.

   “The twins resemble each other.”

   “We will resemble you in that.”

2. To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.

   “And th'other all yclad in garments light, / Discolour'd like to womanish disguise, / He did resemble to his Ladie bright [...].”

3. To counterfeit; to imitate.

   “They can so well resemble mans speech.”

4. To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

   “And ſince we all haue ſuckt one wholſome aire, And with the ſame proportion of Elements, Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]”

   “they resemble themselves to the swans”