semble
See also: semblé
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”).
Verb edit
semble (third-person singular simple present sembles, present participle sembling, simple past and past participle sembled)
- (obsolete) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
- 1706, Matthew Prior, An Ode humbly inscrib'd to the queen:
- Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
- (law, third-person singular only) It seems; it appears that
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English semble, from Old French semble.
Adjective edit
semble (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Like; resembling.
- 1584, Thomas Hudson, Judith:
- name and deede that bare the semble stile
References edit
“semble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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semble
- inflection of sembler:
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semble
Louisiana Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French sembler (“to resemble, seem”), compare Haitian Creole sanble.
Verb edit
semble
- to resemble
References edit
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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semble
- inflection of semblar: