Associations to the word «Resemble»

Wiktionary

RESEMBLE, verb. (transitive)   To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
RESEMBLE, verb. (transitive) (now rare) (archaic) To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
RESEMBLE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive)   To counterfeit; to imitate.
RESEMBLE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive)   To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.

Dictionary definition

RESEMBLE, verb. Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats