likened

[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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