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Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.

LIKE a. 15 definitions

y the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character. 'The as like you As cherry is to cherry. Shak. Like master, like man. Old Prov. He g…

Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind. Tillotson.

Likelihood. [Obs.] South.

LIKELIHOOD n. 3 definitions

arance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.] What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day Shak.

LIKELINESS n. 2 definitions

Likelihood; probability.

LIKELY a. 6 definitions

Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story. It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. Johnson.

LIKEN v. 2 definitions

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.

LIKENESS n. 4 definitions

The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable.

LIKEROUS; LIKEROUSNESS a.

See Lickerish, Lickerishness. Chaucer.

In like manner; also; moreover; too. See Also. Go, and do thou likewise. Luke x. 37. For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish. Ps. xlix. 10.

A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.

LIKING p. 4 definitions

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.

Like a lion; brave as a lion.

LORDLIKE a. 2 definitions

Befitting or like a lord; lordly.

Any one numerous species of small brush-tongued parrots or lories, found mostly in Australia, New Guinea and the adjacent islands, with some forms in the East Indies. They are arboreal in their habits and feed largely upon the honey of flowers. They belong to Trichoglossus, Loriculus, and several allied genera.…

Like a maiden; modest; coy.

A South American carnivore of the genus Conepatus, allied to the skunk, but larger, and having a longer snout. The tail is not bushy.

A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog.