What does "likeness" mean?
Likeness: Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange.
Additional senses
- 2.That which closely resembles; a portrait. [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay.
- 3.A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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