An enemy in the likeness of a friend.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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likeness — likeness, similarity, resemblance, similitude, analogy, affinity are comparable when they denote agreement or correspondence or an instance of agreement or correspondence in details (as of appearance, structure, or qualities) brought out by a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Likeness — Like ness, n. [AS. gel[=i]cnes.] 1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. [1913 Webster] 2. Appearance or form; guise. [1913 Webster] An enemy in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
likeness — [līk′nis] n. 1. the state or quality of being like; similarity 2. (the same) form or shape; semblance [Jupiter appeared in the likeness of a swan] 3. something that is like; copy, portrait, etc. SYN. LIKENESS implies close correspondence in… … English World dictionary
likeness — O.E. (Northumbrian) licnes likeness, similarity; figure, statue, image, shortened from gelicness; see LIKE (Cf. like) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
likeness — ► NOUN 1) resemblance. 2) outward appearance: humans are made in God s likeness. 3) a portrait or representation … English terms dictionary
likeness — index analogy, appearance (look), color (complexion), conformity (agreement), copy, correspondence … Law dictionary
likeness — [n] correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds affinity, agreement, alikeness, analogousness, analogy, appearance, carbon, clone, comparableness, comparison, conformity, copy, counterpart, dead ringer*, delineation, depiction,… … New thesaurus
likeness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ The children all share a strong family likeness. ▪ exact ▪ That is an exact likeness to the man I saw. ▪ good … Collocations dictionary
likeness — n. 1) to catch a likeness (the artist caught the likeness) 2) to bear a likeness 3) a striking, uncanny likeness 4) a family likeness 5) a likeness between; to * * * [ laɪknɪs] to uncanny likeness a family likeness a striking a likeness between … Combinatory dictionary
likeness — like|ness [ˈlaıknıs] n 1.) [U and C] the quality of being similar in appearance to someone or something = ↑resemblance likeness to ▪ Hugh s uncanny likeness to his father ▪ I can see the family likeness . 2.) a painting or photograph of a person … Dictionary of contemporary English
likeness — [[t]la͟ɪknəs[/t]] likenesses 1) N SING: oft N to/between n If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other. These myths have a startling likeness to one another... There might be a likeness between their… … English dictionary
