ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (obsolete) One's outward appearance.
  2. (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.

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Related dictionary entries include semblaunt, assemblance, assemblaunce, apparency, habit, outform.

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