LIKE (4)

like (4). Like, v. to be pleased with, approve, choose, gratify

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Like, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liked (līkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Liking.] [[OE. liken to please, AS. līcian, gelīcian, fr. gelīc. See Like, a.]] 1. 1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there. R. of Gloucester. I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature. Sir P. Sidney. 2. 2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving. Sir P. Sidney. 3. 3. To liken; to compare.
Like me to the peasant boys of France. Shak.