Hypertext Webster Gateway: "semblance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Semblance \Sem"blance\, n. [F. See {Semblable}, a.]
1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
--Fairfax.
2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as,
the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
Only semblances or imitations of shells. --Woodward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
semblance
n 1: outward or token appearance or form; "he tried to give his
actions a semblance of authenticity"; "the situation
soon took on a different color" [syn: {color}, {colour}]
2: an erroneous mental representation [syn: {illusion}]
3: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
[syn: {likeness}]
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