to make semblant. To make a show, appearance, or pretence of; to appear to do or be something; to seem likely, threaten, to do. (Cf. French faire s…

to make semblance: to make an appearance or pretence. Const. of (something, doing something); also with clause introduced by that, as if, as though…

intransitive. To show a false face, maintain a false appearance. Obsolete.

To pay court with flattery. dialect.