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>Just now I think I've found the one and only English (ok, Latin) word which has only one meaning: resemble. By the dictionary I use, it means Appear like; be similar to - "She resembles her mother very much". It's such a special word, that it can't be used as a noun or adjective... incredible.
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>And then, for the nth time, I find that someone wrote "I resemble that remark". What does this mean, he's (they is?) similar to a sentence? Is this a deviation from "I resent that remark", or is this a way to fix a flaw in the dictionary - "no word left behind with a single meaning, they should all graduate to multiple meanings".

Dragan,

My recollection is that "I resemble that remark" is a line from The Three Stooges. Sorry, I don't have a more precise reference - I think it was Moe, but maybe Curly who committed this classic malapropism. Your linguistic education is not complete until you've seen every single episode!

Mike