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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