semble

See also: semblé

English

Etymology

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From Old French (il) semble (“it seems”).

Verb

semble (defective; third-person singular only)

1. (law) It seems; it appears that

1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
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     Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.

Adjective

semble (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Like; resembling.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “semble”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• mebles

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

semble

1. first-person singular present indicative of sembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of sembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sembler
5. second-person singular imperative of sembler

Anagrams

• blêmes

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Ido

Adverb

semble

1. apparently, seemingly