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lik⋅en
[lahy-kuh
n] 
–verb (used with object)
| to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel. |
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| lik·en (lī'kən) tr.v. lik·ened, lik·en·ing, lik·ens To see, mention, or show as similar; compare. [Middle English liknen, from like, similar; see like2.] |
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Liken
Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Likening.] [OE. liknen. See Like, a.]1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. --Matt. vii. 24. 2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] --Brougham.
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Language Translation for : liken
Spanish:
comparar,
German:
vergleichen,
Japanese:
なぞらえる
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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