† misresemblancen.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A lack of resemblance or agreement.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction
shedc950
diversityc1340
differencea1382
differencea1393
severance1422
distinction1435
discretivec1487
differing1528
unlikeness1561
distinguishment1592
fork1639
discrimen1644
misresemblancea1693
bright line1842
a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 75 I shall pick out some short mis-resemblances, or disagreements, between the common law, and the civil law.
2. A bad or inaccurate likeness.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > in visible form
unlikeness1622
misfiguring1699
mislikeness1822
misresemblance1822
1822 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham in Poet. Wks. (1838) III. 313 Return we now..To a lighter strain; and from the gallery Of the Dutch Poet's mis-resemblances Pass into mine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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