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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

semble en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɛmbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
    • Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. 1706, Matthew Prior, An Ode humbly inscrib'd to the queen:
  2. (singular, singular-only, third-person) It seems; it appears that

Forms

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sembling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sembled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sembled Tense=Past lexicographic
sembles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

semble en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɛmbəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English semble, from Old French semble.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Like; resembling.
    • name and deede that bare the semble stile 1584, Thomas Hudson, Judith: