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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Likeness

· Like·ness · IPA /ˈlaɪknəs/
01 n. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
  1. 1.
    The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.
  2. 2.
    Appearance or form; guise.
    “An enemy in the likeness of a friend.” L'Estrange.
  3. 3.
    That which closely resembles; a portrait.
    “[How he looked] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine.” Macaulay.
  4. 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).