Definition of liken

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Liken (a.) To make or cause to be like.

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Speaking :: Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness..
Likening :: Likening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Like.
Compare :: Compare (v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
Contrast :: Contrast (n.) Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison..
Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot..
Effigy :: Effigy (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits..
Portraiture :: Portraiture (n.) A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model..
Liken :: Liken (a.) To make or cause to be like.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person..
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him..
Likeness :: Likeness (n.) A comparison; parable; proverb.
Image :: Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance..
Ladylikeness :: Ladylikeness (n.) The quality or state of being ladylike.
Assemble :: Assemble (v. i.) To liken; to compare.
Statue :: Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion..
Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Assimilable :: Assimilable (a.) That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated..
Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order..
Resemblingly :: Resemblingly (adv.) So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
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