semble verb².ME.
[Old & mod. French sembler seem from Latin similare, simulare: see SIMULATE verb. Cf. later SEMBLING verbal noun².]
1. verb trans. Be like, resemble. ME-E18.

2. verb intrans. Seem, appear. ME-E16.

3. verb trans. Liken, compare. LME-M16.

4. verb trans. Simulate, feign; = DISSEMBLE verb¹ 1. M16-M17.

5. verb trans. Represent, picture. E17-M18.

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semble adjective. ['sɛmb(ǝ)l] Now poet. rare. LME.
[Old French, from Latin similis: see SIMILAR.]
Like, similar.

► Revived in M20.

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semble verb¹. ['sɛmb(ǝ)l] ME.
[Aphet. from ASSEMBLE verb.]
1. verb trans.
a. = ASSEMBLE verb 1. ME-E17.
b. spec. in Entomology. Of a female moth: cause (male moths) to assemble. rare. L19.

2. verb intrans. = ASSEMBLE verb 4. ME-M16.

3. verb intrans. & trans. Meet in battle; attack. ME-E16.

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semble verb³ intrans. impers. ['sɛmb(ǝ)l] E19.
[French, 3rd person sing. pres. indic. of sembler: see SEMBLE verb².]
Law. It seems, it appears: introducing in a judgement the incidental statement of an opinion on a point which need not be, or has not been, decided authoritatively.

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