Took after and reassembled as withdrawn (9)

I believe the answer is:

resembled

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'took after' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'reassembled as withdrawn' is the wordplay.
'withdrawn' suggests deleting specific letters.
'reassembled' with 'as' removed is 'RESEMBLED'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for resembled that I've seen before include "Favoured" , "Looked like" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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