semblable adjective & noun. ['sɛmblǝb(ǝ)l] ME.
[Old French, formed as SEMBLE verb²: see -ABLE. In mod. use as noun directly from French.]
A. adjective.
1. a. Like, similar (to). ME-M19.
b. Resembling something already mentioned or implied; of such a kind. LME-M17.

2. Corresponding, proportional, suitable. E16-E19.

3. Apparent, seeming, not real. arch. E17.
b. noun.
1. Something that is like or similar. LME-E17.

2. With possess.: one's equal, one's counterpart. LME.

► As noun not recorded between E17 and E20.

■ semblably adverb (rare) (a) in like manner, similarly; (b) arch. apparently, seemingly, not genuinely: LME.

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