See Also: carnify(dictionary)

resemble (iou) and carnify (iou)


resemble (iou)



resemble verb. ME.
[Old French resembler (mod. ress-), formed as RE- + sembler seem from Latin similare, from similis like.]
verb trans. Be like, have a likeness or similarity to, have a feature or property in common with. ME.
Scott Fitzgerald She resembled a small Teddy bear. Isaiah Berlin Tolstoy resembles Maistre in being..curious about first causes. E. Feinstein She had begun to resemble her father.
verb trans. Compare, liken (a person or thing) to another. Formerly also foll. by together, with. arch. LME.
verb trans. Make an image or likeness of, represent, depict (a person or thing). LME-E18.
verb trans. Make (a person or thing) similar to another. Chiefly as resembled ppl adjective. Now rare. LME.
verb intrans. Seem, appear. Freq. foll. by to be. LME-E16.
verb intrans. Be similar to. Now rare. LME.
b. Of a number of people or things: have a mutual likeness; be like or similar to each Other. Now rare. M18.
resembler noun L16.
resembling adjective (a) that resembles or corresponds to something, similar, like; (b) (now rare) similar to each Other, alike: M16.

carnify (iou)



carnify verb. M17.
[from Latin caro, carn- flesh + -FY.]
verb trans. Make or convert into flesh. Usu. in pass. M17.
verb intrans. Generate flesh. M17-E19.
Medicine.
a. verb trans. Bring about carnification of. M18.
b. verb intrans. Undergo carnification. M19.