resemble
(verb) appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; “She resembles her mother very much”; “This paper resembles my own work”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
resemble (third-person singular simple present resembles, present participle resembling, simple past and past participle resembled)
(transitive) To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
(transitive, now rare, archaic) To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
(obsolete, transitive) To counterfeit; to imitate.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.
• mirror
• duplicate
• look like
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sem"ble (r-zm"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling (-blng).] Etym: [F. ressembler; pref. re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See Similar.]
1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.] The other . . . He did resemble to his lady bright. Spenser.
3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.
4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
