01 n. 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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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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Appearance or form; guise.“An enemy in the likeness of a friend.” — L'Estrange.
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That which closely resembles; a portrait.“[How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.” — Macaulay.
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A comparison; parable; proverb.[Obs.]“He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself.” — Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
Syn.
Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy.