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Word Meanings - REPRESENTANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Representation; likeness. Donne.

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  • DONNEE
    Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury.
  • REPRESENTATIONARY
    Implying representation; representative.
  • REPRESENTATION
    1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb. 2. That which represents. Specifically: A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like. A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical
  • LIKENESS
    1. The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable. 2. Appearance or form; guise. An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. 3. That which closely resembles;
  • WARLIKENESS
    Quality of being warlike.
  • DISLIKENESS
    Unlikeness. Locke.
  • MISREPRESENTATION
    Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person's motives. Sydney Smith. Note: In popular use, this word often conveys the idea of intentional
  • CORDONNET
    Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
  • LADYLIKENESS
    The quality or state of being ladylike.
  • UNLIKENESS
    The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity. Tennyson.

 

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