Semblant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɛmblənt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Semblant is a noun meaning Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
Meaning
Seeming, rather than real; apparent.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) One's outward appearance.
- (obsolete) Like; resembling.
Example Sentences
their eyes survey The semblant shade
But vnder simple shew and semblant plaine / Lurckt false Duessa secretly vnseene […]
[C]ommands ... that there be a just real union [of Scotland and England] as of brother and brother, not a false and merely semblant one as of slave and master.
Word Forms
- semblants
- semblaunt
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semblaunt, assemblance, assemblaunce, apparency, habit, outform.
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