Resemblance
(Re*sem"blance) 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.
Resemblant
(Re*sem"blant) a. [F., a . and p. pr. fr. ressembler to resemble. See Resemble.] Having
or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. [R.] Gower.
Resemble
(Re*sem"ble) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resembled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Resembling ] [F. ressembler; pref.
re- re- + sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. similis like, similar. See
Similar.]
1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers
resemble each other.
We will resemble you in that.
Shak. 2. To liken; to compare; to represent as like. [Obs.]
The other . . .
He did resemble to his lady bright.
Spenser. 3. To counterfeit; to imitate. [Obs.] "They can so well resemble man's speech." Holland.
4. To cause to imitate or be like. [R.] H. Bushnell.
