To have similar appearance, character, or qualities to something else.
From Old French 'resembler', from 're-' (again) plus 'sembler' (to seem), ultimately from Latin 'simulare' meaning 'to make like'. The idea is of seeming like something again or anew.
The verb 'resembles' captures one of humanity's most fundamental cognitive abilities - pattern recognition - which allows us to survive by quickly identifying whether something new is similar to something we already know to be safe or dangerous.
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