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Resemblance

The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.

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Affinity 76% connected

Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -- in contradist…

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Likeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

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Similitude 76% connected

The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance.

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Resemble 74% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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Resemble 74% connected

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other.

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