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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Liken \Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Likened} (-'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. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. --Matt. vii. 24. 2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] --Brougham. | |
