make semblant

verb

To appear (to do something); to make a show of.

First used 13th–17th c.
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Meanings

verbmake semblant (third-person singular simple present makes semblant, present participle making semblant, simple past and past participle made semblant)

present singular third person makes semblant · participle present making semblant · participle past made semblant · past made semblant

  1. obsoleteTo appear (to do something); to make a show of.First known use 13th–17th c.

    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
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