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likeness

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like·ness

   [lahyk-nis]
noun
1.
a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
2.
the state or fact of being like: I can't get over your likeness to my friend.
3.
the semblance or appearance of something; guise: to assume the likeness of a swan.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English liknesse, Old English līcnes, variant of gelīcnes. See alike, -ness

Synonyms
2. resemblance, similitude. 3. shape, form.

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likeness (ˈlaɪknɪs)
 
—n
1.  the condition of being alike; similarity
2.  a painted, carved, moulded, or graphic image of a person or thing
3.  an imitative appearance; semblance

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likeness
O.E. (Northumbrian) licnes, shortened from gelicness (see like (adj.)).
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