Sematrope
(Sem"a*trope) n. [Gr. sh^ma sign + tre`pein to turn. ] An instrument for signaling by
reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions. Knight.
Semblable
(Sem"bla*ble) a. [F., from sembler to seem, resemble, L. similare, simulare. See Simulate.]
Like; similar; resembling. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Semblable
(Sem"bla*ble), n. Likeness; representation. [Obs.]
Semblably
(Sem"bla*bly), adv. In like manner. [Obs.] Shak.
Semblance
(Sem"blance) n. [F. See Semblable, a.]
1. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.
Thier semblance kind, and mild their gestures were.
Fairfax. 2. Likeness; resemblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue.
Only semblances or imitations of shells.
Woodward. Semblant
(Sem"blant) a. [F. semblant, p. pr.]
1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] Prior.
2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] Carlyle.
Semblant
(Sem"blant), n. [F.]
1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] Spenser.
His flatterers made semblant of weeping.
Chaucer. 2. The face. [Obs.] Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).
Semblative
(Sem"bla*tive) a. Resembling. [Obs.]
And all is semblative a woman's part.
Shak. Semble
(Sem"ble) v. i. [F. sembler. See Semblable, a.]
1. To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.]
Where sembling art may carve the fair effect.
Prior. 2. (Law) It seems; — chiefly used impersonally in reports and judgments to express an opinion in reference
to the law on some point not necessary to be decided, and not intended to be definitely settled in the
cause.
Semble
(Sem"ble), a. Like; resembling. [Obs.] T. Hudson.
Sembling
(Sem"bling) n. [Cf. Assemble.] (Zoöl.) The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or
other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.
It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species.
Semé
(||Se*mé") a. [F. semé, fr. semer to sow.] (Her.) Sprinkled or sown; — said of field, or a charge,
when strewed or covered with small charges.
