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lik·en

   [lahy-kuhn]
verb (used with object)
to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English liknen. See like1, -en1

Related forms
un·lik·ened, adjective

Can be confused: lichen, liken.
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liken (ˈlaɪkən)
 
—vb
(tr) to see or represent as the same or similar; compare
 
[C14: from like1 (adj)]

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liken
late 13c., "to represent as like," from like (adj.).
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