signifies The being equal, or uniform; synonym اِسْتِوَاءٌ: (TA:) [or rather the being consimilar.] You say, تَشَابَهَاThey were like, or they resembled, each other. (MA.) And الخُطُوطُ تَتَشَابَهُThe lines are like one another; the lines resemble one another. (Mgh.)