Definition of Resemblances. Meaning of Resemblances. Synonyms of Resemblances

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Definition of Resemblances

Resemblance
Resemblance Re*sem"blance (-blans), 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.

Meaning of Resemblances from wikipedia

- Look up resemblance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Resemblance may refer to: Similarity (philosophy), or resemblance, a relation between objects...
- expression to characterize these similarities than "family resemblances"; for the various resemblances between members of a family: build, features, colour...
- No Resemblance Whatsoever is a collaboration album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and jazz flutist Tim Weisberg, released in 1995. The cover...
- Family Resemblances (French: Un air de famille) is a 1996 French comedy film. It was directed by Cédric Klapisch, and written by Klapisch, Agnès Jaoui...
- Facial resemblance, where two faces are alike, has been observed to enhance trustworthiness. As reported by an experiment, "resemblance to the subject's...
- BL, Guénard F, Lamarche B, Pérusse L, Vohl MC (April 2018). "Familial resemblances in human whole blood transcriptome". BMC Genomics. 19 (1): 300. doi:10...
- backward pointing, giving some resemblance to the shape of a traditional beehive. It is also known as the B-52 due to a resemblance to the distinctive nose of...
- approached certainty: "The presence of fundamental vocabulary resemblances and resemblances in items with grammatical function, particularly if recurrent...
- lexicon taken as a whole, English grammar and phonology retain a family resemblance with the Germanic languages, and most of its basic everyday vocabulary...
- related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae. Resemblances between swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution, reflecting...