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–verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare:
to liken someone to a weasel.
Origin:
1275–1325;
ME
liknen.
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like
1
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-en
1
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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
like
2
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
liken
c.1280, "to represent as like," from
like
(adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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