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sem⋅blance

  [sem-bluhns]
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–noun
1. outward aspect or appearance.
2. an assumed or unreal appearance; show.
3. the slightest appearance or trace.
4. a likeness, image, or copy.
5. a spectral appearance; apparition.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF, equiv. to sembl(er) to seem (see resemble ) + -ance -ance

Synonyms:
1. aspect, exterior, mien, air. 2. seeming.
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sem·blance   (sěm'bləns)   
n.  

  1. An outward or token appearance: "Foolish men mistake transitory semblance for eternal fact" (Thomas Carlyle).

  2. A representation; a copy.

  3. The barest trace; a modicum: not a semblance of truth to the story.


[Middle English, from Old French, from sembler, to resemble; see semblable.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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