noun
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that which is physically seen.
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something selected to show the nature or character of another; an example; an illustration.
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an obvious mark or symbol.
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the cessation of life; a dying; death.
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(rhet.) the fact of two sentences or expressions being similar or comparable in almost all respects as in meaning, sense, purport, significance, etc.
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(logic.) similarity in some respets between things which are basically different; an analogy.
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(dial.) a clue got in one's dream, for a future event.