semblance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SEM'BLANCE, noun 1. Likeness; resemblance; actual similitude; as the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. The semblance and initations of shells. Woodward. 2. Appearance; show; figure; form. Their semblance kind, and mild their gestures where. Fairfax.
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