(Entry 1 of 2) : a reply by which the pleader in a common law pleading concurs with the other party in requesting trial by jury.

What is the meaning of the word simil?

: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) — compare metaphor.

What does the root word simile mean?

-simil-, root. -simil- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "alike, similar. '' This meaning is found in such words as: assimilate, assimilation, dissimilar, dissimulate, facsimile, similar, simile, simulate, simulcast, simultaneous, verisimilitude.