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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semblance/ˈsembləns/

▶noun

1 the outward appearance or apparent form of something.

2 archaic resemblance.

– origin ME: from OFr., from sembler ‘seem’, from L. similare, simulare ‘simulate’.

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