- liken
- transitive verb (likened; likening) Date: 14th century compare
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
liken
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Liken — is a series of children s videos in the format of live action musicals relating classic stories based on scripture stories from the point of view of a child s imagination. Liken was conceived by Ken Agle (producer), Dennis Agle (writer/director)… … Wikipedia
liken to — ˈliken to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they liken to he/she/it likens to present participle likening to past tense likened to past p … Useful english dictionary
Liken — Lik en (l[imac]k n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Likened} (l[imac]k 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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
liken — ► VERB (liken to) ▪ point out the resemblance of (someone or something) to … English terms dictionary
liken — index compare, conform, correspond (be equivalent), measure Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
liken — (v.) late 13c., to represent as like, from LIKE (Cf. like) (adj.) + EN (Cf. en) (1). Related: Likened; likening … Etymology dictionary
līkēn — *līkēn, *līkæ̅n germ., schwach. Verb: nhd. angemessen sein ( Verb), gefallen ( Verb); ne. please (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., anfrk., as., ahd.; Hinw … Germanisches Wörterbuch
liken — [v] compare allegorize, approach, approximate to, assimilate, balance, bear comparison, be in the same class as*, be on a par with*, come up to, correlate, distinguish between, draw parallel, equal, equate, identify with, link, make like, match,… … New thesaurus
liken — [līk′ən] vt. to represent or describe as being like, or similar; compare … English World dictionary
liken — UK [ˈlaɪkən] / US verb Word forms liken : present tense I/you/we/they liken he/she/it likens present participle likening past tense likened past participle likened Phrasal verbs: liken to … English dictionary
liken to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms liken to : present tense I/you/we/they liken to he/she/it likens to present participle likening to past tense likened to past participle likened to formal liken someone/something to something to say that… … English dictionary
