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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

make semblant en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To appear (to do something); to make a show of.
    • Than toke he hys swerde agayne and put hit up in hys sheethe, and made a crosse in hys forehede, and cam to the lyons. And they made sembelaunte to do hym harme. 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:

Forms

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made semblant Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made semblant Tense=Past lexicographic
making semblant Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
makes semblant Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic