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mis·like

   [mis-lahyk]
verb (used with object), -liked, -lik·ing. Archaic.
1.
to dislike.
2.
to displease.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English misliken, Old English mislīcian. See mis-1, like2

Related forms
mis·lik·er, noun
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mislike (mɪsˈlaɪk)
 
—vb
1.  to dislike
 
—n
2.  dislike or aversion
 
mis'liker
 
—n

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mislike
O.E. mislician "to be displeasing;" see mis- (1) + like (v.). Sense of "to be displeased with" is attested from 1513.
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