resemblancen.[Cf. F. ressemblance. See Resemble.]1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity.()One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. (Dryden.)2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.()These sensible things, which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual. (Hooker.)3. A comparison; a simile.(Chaucer.)4. Probability; verisimilitude.(Shak.)()