simIal, simIan

[Lat. simi a =an ape.] Of or pertaining to an ape; resembling an ape; ape-like. prolonged or continued simile . Every simile is more or le a comparison , but every comparison is not a simile ; the latter compares things only as far as they are alike; but the former extends to those things which are different. ( Crabb .) si-mil-i-ter, adv. [Lat.=in like manner.] Law : The technical designation of the form by which either party in pleading accepts the i ue tendered by his opponent.