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Webster 1913 Edition

Liking

Lik′ing

(līk′ĭng)
,
p.
Adj.
Looking; appearing;
as, better or worse
liking
. See
Like
, to look.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Why should he see your faces worse
liking
than the children which are of your sort?
Dan. i. 10.

Lik′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The state of being pleasing; a suiting. See
On liking
, below.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2.
The state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; – often with
for
, formerly with
to
;
as, it is an amusement I have no
liking
for
.
If the human intellect hath once taken a
liking
to any doctrine, . . . it draws everything else into harmony with that doctrine, and to its support.
Bacon.
3.
Appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition.
[Archaic]
I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have an eye to make difference of men’s
liking
.
Shakespeare
Their young ones are in good
liking
.
Job. xxxix. 4.
On liking
,
on condition of being pleasing to or suiting; also, on condition of being pleased with; as, to hold a place of service on liking; to engage a servant on liking.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Would he be the degenerate scion of that royal line . . . to be a king on liking and on sufferance?
Hazlitt.

Webster 1828 Edition

Liking

LI'KING

,
ppr.
of like.
1.
Approving; being pleased with.
2.
a. Plump; full; of a good appearance. Dan. 1. Obs.

LI'KING

, n.
1.
A good state of body; healthful appearance; plumpness.
Their young ones are in good liking - Job. 39.
2.
State of trial. [Not used.]
3.
Inclination; pleasure; as, this is an amusement to your liking.
4.
Delight in; pleasure in; with to.
He who has no liking to the whole, ought not to censure the parts.

Definition 2024

líking

líking

See also: liking

Icelandic

Noun

líking f ‎(genitive singular líkingar, nominative plural líkingar)

  1. likeness
  2. metaphor, simile
  3. (mathematics) equation

Declension

Synonyms

  • (metaphor): myndlíking
  • (equation): jafna

Derived terms

  • myndlíking

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːciŋk/
    Rhymes: -iːciŋk

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