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n. [ AS. gelīcnes. ] 1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Appearance or form; guise. [ 1913 Webster ]

An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ How he looked ] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]