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Webster 1913 Edition


Liken

Lik′en

(līk′’n)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Likened
(līk′’nd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Likening
.]
[OE.
liknen
. See
Like
,
Adj.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Liken

LIKEN

,
Verb.
T.
li'kn.
To compare; to represent as resembling or similar.
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, that built his house on a rock. Matt. 6.