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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Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot..
Statue :: Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion..
Monerula :: Monerula (n.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.
Speaking :: Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness..
Unlikeness :: Unlikeness (n.) The quality or state of being unlike; want of resemblance; dissimilarity.
Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order..
Similative :: Similative (a.) Implying or indicating likeness or resemblance.
Depict :: Depict (v. t.) To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.
Deiformity :: Deiformity (n.) Likeness to deity.
Likened :: Likened (imp. & p. p.) of Like.
Image :: Image (n.) An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance..
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..
Compare :: Compare (v. i.) To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.
Difference :: Difference (n.) The act of differing; the state or measure of being different or unlike; distinction; dissimilarity; unlikeness; variation; as, a difference of quality in paper; a difference in degrees of heat, or of light; what is the difference between the innocent and the guilty?.
Warlikeness :: Warlikeness (n.) Quality of being warlike.
Semble :: Semble (a.) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
True :: True (n.) Right to precision; conformable to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate; as, a true copy; a true likeness of the original..
Representation :: Representation (n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like..
Similar :: Similar (a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general 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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