Re-sēm'blance, n.

(re-zēm'-), n. [Fr. ressemblance. See RESEMBLE.] 1. The state of resembling or being like; similitude. 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; representation; likeness. These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker. Syn. — Likeness; similarity; similitude; semblance; representation; image.