apparenter
French → English
(social) To relate: to become part of a family or group through marriage (reflexive)
Elle s’est bien apparentée en épousant le fils d'un riche industriel lyonnais.
(English) She related herself well (married into a good family) by marrying the son of a rich Lyon industrialist.
Tâchez de bien apparenter votre fille pour assurer son avenir social.
(English) Try to marry your daughter into a good family to secure her social future.
(logic) To resemble: to have similar characteristics or close connections in nature (reflexive)
Ces chiffres cryptés s'apparentaient à des signes cabalistiques impossibles à déchiffrer.
(English) These encrypted numbers resembled cabalistic signs that were impossible to decipher.
La structure de ce poème s'apparente à celle d'une tragédie grecque classique.
(English) The structure of this poem resembles that of a classical Greek tragedy.
Entry ID: fr:en:apparenter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary