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SEMBLANT
Etymology
Noun
semblant (plural semblants)
(obsolete) One's outward appearance.
Adjective
semblant (comparative more semblant, superlative most semblant)
(obsolete) Like; resembling.
(obsolete) Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
Source: Wiktionary
Sem"blant, a. Etym: [F. semblant, p. pr.]
1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
Sem"blant, n. Etym: [F.]
1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser. His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer.
2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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