semblable

adj, noun — 4 senses

semblable

adj

/ˈsɛmbləbəl/

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

1

Obsolete similar

2

Obsolete apparent

3

Obsolete conformable

Derived terms: semblability, semblably, semblance

semblable

noun

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

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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], lines 115-120:

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