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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Nonresemblance :: Nonresemblance (n.) Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.
Ladylikeness :: Ladylikeness (n.) The quality or state of being ladylike.
Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Contrast :: Contrast (n.) Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison..
Portray :: Portray (v. t.) To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback..
Representation :: Representation (n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like..
Semble :: Semble (a.) To imitate; to make a representation or likeness.
Similar :: Similar (a.) Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects; somewhat like; having a general likeness.
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..
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..
Warlikeness :: Warlikeness (n.) Quality of being warlike.
Sparkle :: Sparkle (v. t.) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
Express :: Express (a.) To make or offer a representation of; to show by a copy or likeness; to represent; to resemble.
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..
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..
Simulacrum :: Simulacrum (n.) A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; -- now usually in a derogatory sense.
Diversity :: Diversity (n.) A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
Assimilate :: Assimilate (v. t.) To liken; to compa/e.
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.
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..
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