resemble Copy link Outline 1. expr. by sĭmĭlis (consĭmĭlis, persĭmĭlis) sum2. rĕfĕro, rĕtŭli (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (to bring back)3. accēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to approach near to)4. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to come near to, r. in qualities) • resemble: 1. expr. by sĭmĭlis (consĭmĭlis, persĭmĭlis) sum: v. like. 2. rĕfĕro, rĕtŭli (rettŭli), rĕlātum, 3 (to bring back): to r. them in speech, r. eos sermone, Tac. G. 43, ad init.: to r. him in manners no less than in features and countenance, non minus mores ejus quam os vultumque r., Plin. Ep. 5, 16, ad fin. 3. accēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (to approach near to): in no respect do men more closely r. the gods, homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, Cic. Lig. 12, 38; N. D. 1, 34, 96. 4. attingo, tĭgi, tactum, 3 (to come near to, r. in qualities): this event is not merely a home affair, it even r.s a warlike one, haec res non solum ex domestica est ratione, attingit etiam bellicam, Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76: Tusc. 4, 13, 30. Phr.: to r. her father marvellously, totum patrem mira similitudine exscribere, Plin. Ep. 5, 16: the lake is so bounded as to r. a wheel, lacus est in similitudinem rotae circumscriptus, id. ib. 8, 20.