semblant

Sem"blant, a. Etym: [F. semblant, p. pr.] 1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior. 2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle. Sem"blant, n. Etym: [F.] 1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser. His flatterers made semblant of weeping. Chaucer. 2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).

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