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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
.] 1.
To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare;
as, to
. liken
life to a pilgrimageWhosoever 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.
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.