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likeness

/ˈlaɪknəs/
noun

  1. The state or quality of being like or alike

    Similar: resemblance, similarity, similitude

  2. Appearance or form; guise.

    "A foe in the likeness of a friend"

  3. That which closely resembles; a portrait.

    "How he looked, the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine."

Synonymsresemblance, similarity, similitude, similarity
verb

  1. To depict.

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