Definition of liken

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Liken (a.) To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage..

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Unlikeness :: Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.
Mark :: Mark (n.) Image; likeness; hence, those formed in one's image; children; descendants..
Analogy :: Analogy (n.) A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden..
Picture :: Picture (v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind.
Image :: Image (n.) Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Contrast :: Contrast (v. i.) To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities..
Imitation :: Imitation (n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance..
Diversity :: Diversity (n.) A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
Dissimilarity :: Dissimilarity (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilitude; variety; as, the dissimilarity of human faces and forms..
Disformity :: Disformity (n.) Discordance or diversity of form; unlikeness in form.
Likeness :: Likeness (n.) The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; as, the likeness of the one to the other is remarkable..
Likelihood :: Likelihood (n.) Likeness; resemblance.
Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
Portraiture :: Portraiture (n.) A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model..
Simulacrum :: Simulacrum (n.) A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.
Assimilation :: Assimilation (n.) The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another..
Similize :: Similize (v. t.) To liken; to compare; as, to similize a person, thing, or act..
Facsimile :: Facsimile (n.) A copy of anything made, either so as to be deceptive or so as to give every part and detail of the original; an exact copy or likeness..
Resemblingly :: Resemblingly (adv.) So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
Symmetry :: Symmetry (n.) The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical..
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