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Definition of Resembles
1. resemble [v] - See also: resemble
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Literary usage of Resembles
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1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... distance of beak from anterior end -25 Somewhat resembles ... It less resembles
the Burlington fossil, usually referred to the same species. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The organization of the Anglican closely resembles that of the Catholic Church.
In its hierarchy of order it counts three grades of Divine institution, ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"The basal half, indeed, so strongly resembles the corresponding portion of ...
but in all the anterior aspect of the horn resembles ordinary specimens of ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"It hangs from the branches, and resembles stalactites, the pieces being sometimes
as large as the hand, and 4 to 8 inches long ; some pieces are like anime ..."
5. Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell from Things Heard and Seen by Emanuel Swedenborg (1875)
"TRAT every society of heaven resembles one man, and is likewise in the form of
a man, I have several times been permitted to see. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"This substance resembles sago in its farinaceous character. . KAFIR-CORN, Indian
millet (Sorghum vu.lga.re~) extensively cultivated by the half- civilized ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is laid out on the same scale and plan as Washington, and in general outline
resembles a Maltese cross. It has an area of 280 acres in^ public parks. ..."
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