simil

a. [ F. similaire, fr. L. similis like, similar. See Same, a., and cf. Simulate. ] 1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects; precisely like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Homogenous; uniform. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Similar figures (Geom.), figures which differ from each other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number of like parts similarly situated. --
Similar rectilineal figures, such as have their several angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides about the equal angles proportional. --
Similar solids, such as are contained by the same number of similar planes, similarly situated, and having like inclination to one another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ties [ Cf. F. similarité. ] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a similar manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Similar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhyming cadences of similarly words. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In similative or instrumental relation to a pa. pple. [ past participle ], as almond-leaved, -scented, etc. New English Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Similes [ L., from similis. See Similar. ] (Rhet.) A word or phrase by which anything is likened, in one or more of its aspects, to something else; a similitude; a poetical or imaginative comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good swift simile, but something currish. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., in like manner. ] (Law) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. similitude, L. similitudo, from similis similar. See Similar. ] 1. The quality or state of being similar or like; resemblance; likeness; similarity; as, similitude of substance. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us make now man in our image, man
In our similitude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

If fate some future bard shall join
In sad similitude of griefs to mine. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tasso, in his similitudes, never departed from the woods; that is, all his comparisons were taken from the country. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is like or similar; a representation, semblance, or copy; a facsimile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man should wed his similitude. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]