Definition of Resemble

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Resemble

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

To liken; to compare; to represent as like.

To counterfeit; to imitate.

To cause to imitate or be like.

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Resemble Quotations

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Leo Tolstoy

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.
Marquis de Sade

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
Sydney J. Harris

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.
George Sand

One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
Edgar Degas

The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.
Ellen G. White

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson

There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father.
Denis Diderot

The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.
Francois Truffaut

Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it.
Rene Magritte

Resemble Translations

resemble in Danish is ligne
resemble in Dutch is lijken op, gelijken, lijken
resemble in French is ressemblez, ressemblons, ressembler, ressemblent
resemble in Italian is assomigliarsi
resemble in Portuguese is assemelhe-se
resemble in Spanish is asemejarse, parecerse

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