SEMBLANTS

Noun

semblants

plural of semblant

Source: Wiktionary


SEMBLANT

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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