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Similitude | Similitude \Si*mil"i*tude\, n. [F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See {Similar}.] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Let us make now man in our image, man In our similitude. --Milton. [1913 Webster] If fate some future bard shall join In sad similitude of griefs to mine. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. [1913 Webster] Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. [1913 Webster] Man should wed his similitude. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] |
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