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likeness definition

like·ness (līk′nis)

noun

  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.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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