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semblable

  • /ˈsɛmbləbəl/

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From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French [Term?], from Old French sembler (“to be like”) + -able.

adjective more semblable · most semblable

  1. obsolete apparent.
  2. obsolete conformable.
  3. obsolete similar. [C]ompare his [Henry I of England's] lyfe with his two bretherne, william, called Rouſe [William II of England], and Robert le courtoiſe [Robert Curthose], they both nat hauyng ſẽblable lernyng with the ſayd Henry, […]

noun semblables

  1. obsolete something similar; likeness; representation […] 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.

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@misc{semblable_2026,
  title = {semblable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/semblable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}