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De - Pt| English Dictionary: resemblance | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for resemblance | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Resemblance \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. | |
