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Webster 1913 Edition


Semblable

Sem′bla-ble

,
Adj.
[F., from
sembler
to seem, resemble, L.
similare
,
simulare
. See
Simulate
.]
Like; similar; resembling.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Sem′bla-ble

,
Noun.
Likeness; representation.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Semblable

SEM'BLABLE

,
Adj.
Like; similar; resembles.

Definition 2024


semblable

semblable

English

Adjective

semblable (comparative more semblable, superlative most semblable)

  1. Similar.
  2. Apparent.
  3. Conformably.

Noun

semblable (plural semblables)

  1. (obsolete) something similar; likeness; representation
    • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2
      [...] but in the verity of extolment, I take him to be a soul
      of great article, and his infusion of such dearth and rareness
      as, to make true diction of him, his semblable is his
      mirror, and who else would trace him his umbrage,
      nothing more. (lines 115-120)

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

semblable m, f (plural semblables)

  1. similar
    • Cette maison est assez semblable. This house is quite similar.

Synonyms

Noun

semblable m, f (plural semblables)

  1. (usually in the plural) something or someone that belongs to the same kind or species
    • Il prenaient soins de ses semblables. - He cared for his kind.