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Similitude

Similitude Meaning & Definition
Similitude Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Similitude?

[n] a duplicate copy
[n] similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Similitude: alikeness | counterpart | likeness | twin

Related Terms | Find terms related to Similitude:

See Also | comparability | compare | comparison | duplicate | duplication | equivalence | mirror image | reflection | reflexion | resemblance | similarity | spitting image

Similitude In Webster's Dictionary

\Si*mil"i*tude\, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See {Similar}.] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. --Chaucer. Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. --Milton. If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. --Pope. 2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. --Dryden. 3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. Man should wed his similitude. --Chaucer.

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