sembling

== English == === Etymology === Compare assembling. === Noun === sembling (uncountable) (archaic) The practice of attracting male butterflies or other insects by exposing the encaged female. It used to be done by collectors wanting to procure specimens. === Verb === sembling present participle and gerund of semble === References === “sembling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.