LI'KENESS, noun 1. Resemblance in form; similitude. The picture is a good likeness of the original. 2. Resemblance; form; external appearance. Guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend. 3. One that resembles another; a copy; a counterpart. I took you for your likeness Chloe. 4. An image, picture or statue, resembling a person or thing. Exodus 20:4.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI