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unresemble en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + resemble.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) Not to resemble; to look or seem unlike.
   • […] and this openness of communication, unresembling the nature of the intercourse which had lately existed between us, relieved in some degree my burthened heart, […] 1816, William Godwin, St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century, volume 2, page 78:
   • Behold a draught, not unresembling the face of Christianity in this new world, when Father Xavier arrived in it. 1688, John Dryden, The Life of Saint Francis Xavier:
   • Now, Mr. Cox, you must know, that half barrels seen at a distance, do not entirely unresemble cannons. 1812, The Irish magazine, and monthly asylum for neglected biography. Feb.-Nov. 1808, Jan. 1809:

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