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resemblaunce

resemblaunce is the obsolete form of resemblance.

Meaning of resemblance

Noun

resemblance (countable and uncountable, plural resemblances)

  1. The quality or state of resembling.
    • His wife and sister had too many points of resemblance, not to entertain a strong and mutual dislike.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC...
  2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
  3. A comparison; a simile.
  4. Probability; verisimilitude.

Forms of resemblaunce

pluralresemblaunces

Questions about resemblaunce

What is resemblaunce the obsolete form of?
Resemblaunce is the obsolete form of resemblance.

Words near resemblaunce in the dictionary

  1. resemanticization
  2. resemanticizations
  3. resemblance
  4. resemblances
  5. resemblant
  6. resemblaunce
  7. resemblaunces
  8. resemble
  9. resembled
  10. resemblence
  11. resembler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resemblaunce (page history and authors); resemblance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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