different between semble vs remble

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mb?l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English semblen, from Old French sembler (“to resemble”).

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.
   • 1706, Matthew Prior, An Ode humbly inscrib'd to the queen

     Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.

2. (law, third-person singular only) It seems; it appears that

Etymology 2

From Middle English semble, from Old French semble.

Adjective

semble (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Like; resembling.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of T. Hudson to this entry?)

Anagrams

• mebles

French

Pronunciation

Verb

semble

1. first-person singular present indicative of sembler
2. third-person singular present indicative of sembler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of sembler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of sembler
5. second-person singular imperative of sembler

Anagrams

• blêmes

Ido

Adverb

semble

1. apparently, seemingly

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French sembler (“to resemble, seem”), compare Haitian Creole sanble.

Verb

semble

1. to resemble

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

English

Verb

remble (third-person singular simple present rembles, present participle rembling, simple past and past participle rembled)

1. (chiefly East Midlands) To move in order to make tidy; to tidy or put away.

   a niver rembles the stoäns - Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Northern Farmer (Old Style) stanza XV

Anagrams

• Bermel