Semblant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semblant \Sem"blant\, a. [F. semblant, p. pr.]
     1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] --Prior.
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     2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semblant \Sem"blant\, n. [F.]
     1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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              His flatterers made semblant of weeping. --Chaucer.
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     2. The face. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
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