The Collaborative International Dictionary
Semble \Sem"ble\, a.
Like; resembling. [Obs.]
--T. Hudson.
Semble \Sem"ble\, v. i. [F. sembler. See Semblable, a.]
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To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]
Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
--Prior. (Law) It seems; -- chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the cause.
Wiktionary
(context obsolete English) Like; resembling. v
(context legal English) It seems; it appears that
Wikipedia
Semble is an Norman French word meaning "it seems or appears to be" or, more simply, "it seems".
Usage examples of "semble".
Immobiles troufieaux ou notre clocher gris Semble un patre au milieu de ses blanches brebis, Jai pense que, malgre notre angoisse et nos peines, Sous ces toits paternels il existait des haines, Et que des murs plus forts que ces murs mitoyens Separent ici-bas les coeurs des citoyens.
Les merveilles se bousculent dans un espace qui semble ne pas rencontrer de limites.
A scent of spice swept forward like an exhaled breath, and the creature began sembling, the shift an uncertain blurring, a folding in of darkness itself.
To hover the briefest of moments, before sembling, returning to his human form.
Korbal Broach dropped from his position and began sembling even as he descended.
Il me semble que ce son retentit dans mon conseil aussi haut que les cloches de Saint-Denis.
He then adds that these muscles, from their attachment and position, are fitted "à resserrer, à concentrer les principaux traits de la face, comme il convient dans toutes ces passions vraiment oppressives ou profondes, dans ces affections dont le sentiment semble porter l'organisation à revenir sur elle-même, à se contracter et à s'amoindrir, comme pour offrir moins de prise et de surface à des impressions redoutables ou importunes.
Buke watched the sembling, smiled at seeing, first Korbal Broachhis armour in shreds, rank tendrils of smoke wreathed around himthen Bauchelain, his pale face bruised along one side of his long jaw, blood crusting his moustache and staining his silver beard.