LIKEN

liken. Liken, v.t. to make like, compare, resemble

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Lik″en (līk″'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened (–'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Likening.] [[OE. liknen. See Like, a.]] 1. 1. 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. 2. 2. To make or cause to be like. Brougham.