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Resemblance

Resemblance Meaning & Definition
Resemblance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Resemblance?

[n] similarity in appearance or external or superficial details

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See Also | affinity | alikeness | likeness | mutual resemblance | similitude

Resemblance In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*sem"blance\ (-blans), n. [Cf. F. ressemblance. See {Resemble}.] 1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. --Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. --Hooker. 3. A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.

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