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Webster 1913 Edition


Semblance

Sem′blance

,
Noun.
[F. See
Semblable
,
Adj.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Semblance

SEM'BLANCE

, n.
1. Likeness; resemblance; actual similitude; as the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
The semblance and initations of shells. Woodward.
2. Appearance; show; figure; form.
Their semblance kind, and mild their gestures where. Fairfax.