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.
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.
