"semble" meaning in English

See semble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈsɛmbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semble.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Middle English semble, from Old French semble. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|semble}} Middle English semble, {{der|en|fro|semble}} Old French semble Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} semble (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Like; resembling. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-semble-en-adj-xUUVgPtE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 31 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛmbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semble.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sembles [present, singular, third-person], sembling [participle, present], sembled [participle, past], sembled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{inh|en|enm|semblen}} Middle English semblen, {{der|en|fro|sembler|t=to resemble}} Old French sembler (“to resemble”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} semble (third-person singular simple present sembles, present participle sembling, simple past and past participle sembled)
  1. (obsolete) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-semble-en-verb-BCSBF9dO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 31 33
  2. (law, third-person singular only) It seems; it appears that Tags: singular, singular-only, third-person Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-semble-en-verb-fMBACSRv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 31 33 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for semble meaning in English (4.1kB)

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