resemblance Meaning, Definition & Usage

Re*sem"blance noun

Etymology

Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.

Definitions

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.