n. [ Cf. OF. assemblance. ]
Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man? Give me the spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To weete [ know ] the cause of their assemblance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble. ] Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [ R. ] Osborne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dissemble + -ance. ] The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. False resemblance or semblance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble. ]
One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. See Semblable, a. ]
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] The appearance of truth; verisimilitude. [ 1913 Webster ]