SEMBLANCE
\sˈɛmbləns], \sˈɛmbləns], \s_ˈɛ_m_b_l_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of SEMBLANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
By Princeton University
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Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
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Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
By Noah Webster.
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Likeness; resemblance; outside appearance; as, the semblance of truth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Show; likeness; image; appearance.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] Seeming; appearance; show; form; — likeness; resemblance; similitude.
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