What does "resemblance" mean?
Resemblance: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.A comparison; a simile. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 3.Probability; verisimilitude. [Obs.] Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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