Semblance: alternatives and connections

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.

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Same as Phantasm.

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Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own g…

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Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.

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The quality or state of being ostensible.

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An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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A phantasm.

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That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.

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The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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Alt. of Pretenceless

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Alt. of Pretence

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Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.

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Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.

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The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.

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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.

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An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

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An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a v…

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The art of painting; representation by painting.

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A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehen…

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See Color.

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Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.

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An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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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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