outward+aspect

  • 21To take shape — Shape Shape, n. [OE. shap, schap, AS. sceap in gesceap creation, creature, fr. the root of scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, to shape, to do, to effect; akin to OS. giskeppian, OFries. skeppa, D. scheppen, G. schaffen, OHG. scaffan, scepfen, skeffen,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22appear — intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English apperen, from Anglo French aparer, aparoir, from Latin apparēre, from ad + parēre to show oneself Date: 13th century 1. a. to be or come in sight < the sun appears on the horizon > b …

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  • 23Council of Sutri — The Council of Sutri (or Synod of Sutri) was called by Henry III, King of the Germans and opened on December 20, 1046, in the hilltown of Sutri, at the edge of the Duchy of Rome. The Catholic Church does not list this as an ecumenical council.&#8230; …

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  • 24Clement II —     Pope Clement II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement II     (SUIDGER.)     Date of birth unknown; enthroned 25 December, 1046; d. 9 October, 1047. In the autumn of 1046 the King of Germany, Henry III, crossed the Alps at the head of a&#8230; …

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  • 25Pope Clement II —     Pope Clement II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Clement II     (SUIDGER.)     Date of birth unknown; enthroned 25 December, 1046; d. 9 October, 1047. In the autumn of 1046 the King of Germany, Henry III, crossed the Alps at the head of a&#8230; …

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  • 26revenant — noun /ˈɹɛvənənt/ a) Someone who returns from a long absence. They would not visit this undesirable revenant with his insolent wealth and discreditable origin. b) A person or thing reborn. The undergraduates, our fogey revenant observes, look much …

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  • 27special — [13] Latin speciēs originally denoted the ‘outward aspect’, the ‘look’ of something (it was derived from specere ‘look’, source of English spectacle, spectator, spy, etc). It later evolved metaphorically to ‘type, kind’, and in that sense was&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28shape — I. v. a. 1. Form, create, make, produce. 2. Mould, fashion, model, form. 3. Regulate, adjust, direct, frame. 4. Image, conceive, conjure up, figure, imagine. II. n. 1. Form (with especial reference to what is visible), figure, make, guise,&#8230; …

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  • 29semblance — sem•blance [[t]ˈsɛm bləns[/t]] n. 1) outward aspect or appearance 2) an assumed or unreal appearance; show 3) the slightest appearance or trace 4) a likeness, image, or copy 5) a spectral appearance; apparition • Etymology: 1250–1300; &LT; MF,&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30semblance — /ˈsɛmbləns / (say sembluhns) noun 1. an outward aspect or appearance. 2. an assumed or unreal appearance; a mere show. 3. a likeness, image, or copy. {Middle English, from Old French, from sembler be like, seem, from Latin similāre, for simulāre} …