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  1. 1. n. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Appearance or form; guise. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. That which closely resembles; a portrait. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A comparison; parable; proverb. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. 2. Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. 3. That which closely resembles; a portrait. [How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay. 4. A comparison; parable; proverb. [Obs.] He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif (Luke iv. 23). Syn. -- Similarity; parallel; similitude; representation; portrait; effigy. Source: webster
  8. 8. See Lickerish, Lickerishness. Chaucer. Source: adambom
  9. 9. n:100 n. similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things n. picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing Source: ecdict

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