semble

See also: semblé

English

Etymology

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

Verb

semble (defective; third-person singular only)

  1. (law) It seems; it appears that

semble (third-person singular simple present sembles, present participle sembling, simple past and past participle sembled)

  1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
    • Prior
      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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

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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

Ido

Adverb

semble

  1. apparently, seemingly
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