Sĕm'blance, n.

n. [Fr. semblance, It. sembianza, sembianza, Pr. semblansa, Sp. semblanza, semejanza. See supra.]

1Sense 1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form. Their semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax.

2Sense 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. “The semblances and imitations of shells.” Woodward.