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make semblant

make semblant verb: to appear (to do something); to make a show of.

Verb

make semblant (third-person singular simple present makes semblant, present participle making semblant, simple past and past participle made semblant)

  1. (obsolete) To appear (to do something); to make a show of.
    • Than toke he hys swerde agayne and put hit up in hys sheethe, and made a crosse in hys forehede, and cam to the lyons. And they made sembelaunte to do hym harme.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII

Forms of make semblant

third-person singular presentmakes semblant
present participlemaking semblant
past participlemade semblant
pastmade semblant

Questions about make semblant

What does make semblant mean?
Make semblant means to appear (to do something); to make a show of.
What part of speech is make semblant?
Make semblant is a verb.
What is the past tense of make semblant?
The past tense of make semblant is made semblant.

Words near make semblant in the dictionary

  1. make pretend
  2. make quick work of
  3. make right
  4. make room
  5. make sail
  6. make semblant
  7. make sense
  8. make shift
  9. make shifts
  10. make ship
  11. make shit of

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