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Webster 1913 Edition


Ylike

{

Y-liche′

,

Y-like′

}
,
Adj.
&
adv.
Like; alike.
[Obs.]
“All . . . yliche good.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


ylike

ylike

English

Adverb

ylike (not comparable) (obsolete)

  1. Similarly; alike.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.8:
      So both together, ylike felly bent, / Like fiercely met.

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old English ġelīc (like, alike, similar, equal, suitable, likely). More at alike.

Adjective

ylike

  1. Alike

Adverb

ylike

  1. Alike

Etymology 2

From Old English ġelīca (an equal).

Noun

ylike (plural ylikes)

  1. An equal, peer.