"liken" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "likener"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "likening"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unliken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "unlikenable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "unlikening"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "id": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "liknen",
        "t": "to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leccone, legen, leken, lekenen, lekyn, licken, lickene, lickenen, lickne, lickyn, licne, licnen, likkenen, likkin, likkyn, liken, likenen, likne, likon, likyn, lycken, lyckene, lyckyn, lyken, lykken, lykkyn, lykne, lykyn, lykyne",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "liken",
        "t": "to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form"
      },
      "expansion": "liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lik",
        "t": "alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)"
      },
      "expansion": "lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-en",
        "pos": "suffix forming infinitives of verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "-en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "Lik"
      },
      "expansion": "Lik",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġelīċ",
        "t": "like, similar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*galīkaz",
        "t": "like, similar; equal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "t": "like, similar; even, level"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "like",
        "3": "en",
        "pos1": "adjective",
        "pos2": "suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make 􂀿adjective􂁀’"
      },
      "expansion": "like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "likens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "liken (third-person singular simple present likens, present participle likening, simple past and past participle likened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lik‧en"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "contrast"
        },
        {
          "word": "unliken"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 3 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 9 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1566, Thomas Heskyns, “Proving All Our Sacramentes Generallie to be More Excellent then the Sacramentes of Moyses”, in The Parliament of Chryste Auouching and Declaring the Enacted and Receaued Trueth of the Presence of His Bodie and Bloode in the Blessed Sacrament, […], Antwerp: […] William Silvius […], →OCLC, folio cclxxii, verso",
          "text": "In this ſaing S. Auguſtin likeneth the ſacramentes of the olde lavve in reſpect of the ſacramentes of the nevve lavve vnto childrens games, and our ſacramentes he likeneth to the thinges of more profett, vvhich are to be geuen to the ſonnes of God, vvhen they vvaxe of more age, knovvledge, and ripeneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1629], Iohn Gaule [i.e., John Gaule], Practique Theories: Or, Votiue Speculations, vpon Iesus Christs Prediction. Incarnation. Passion. Resurrection. […], London: […] [Thomas Cotes] for Iames Bowler, →OCLC, page 141",
          "text": "He merited not the Abaſement; vve vvere vvorthy the Damnation. Ah, ah my good Sauiour! A Nethermoſt depth cannot ſincke me lovv enough, ſince thou ſtoop'ſt to a Footſtoole. Thou likenedſt thee to me, I vvill compare me to Nothing: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1880, Standish [James] O’Grady, “Descent of the Red Branch”, in History of Ireland: Cuculain and His Contemporaries, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Searle, Marston, & Rivington, […]; Dublin: E. Ponsonby, […], →OCLC, page 192",
          "text": "And the tufted isles which thou likenedst to the isles that rise from the face of some still gleaming lake—these are the peaks of the northern hills and the tops of the mountain ranges of the north, standing above the suspended steam of their host.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."
      ],
      "id": "en-liken-en-verb-h7ojPBCA",
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to#Preposition"
        ],
        [
          "unto",
          "unto#Preposition"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "šabbaha",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "شَبَّهَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sravnjavam",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "сравнявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐyù",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "比喻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "vergelijken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "verrata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "rinnastaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "comparer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "adarebs",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "ადარებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amsgavsebs",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "ამსგავსებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amgvanebs",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "ამგვანებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "vergleichen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "membandingkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "mengumpamakan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "paragonare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tatoeru",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "たとえる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "spóredi",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "спо́реди"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "porównywać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "porównać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "srávnivatʹ",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сра́внивать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sravnítʹ",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сравни́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upodobljátʹ",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уподобля́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upodóbitʹ",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уподо́бить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "paragunari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "comparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "likna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "jämföra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "67 18 1 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
          "word": "benzetmek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unliken"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 3 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 9 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-liken-en-verb-2V5EpsEd",
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "resemble",
          "resemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "rare",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 61 1 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing",
          "word": "tehdä jonkinlaiseksi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To represent or symbolize (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-liken-en-verb-lnHqSsNy",
      "links": [
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "symbolize",
          "symbolize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(rare) To represent or symbolize (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 31 3 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 29 9 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like."
      ],
      "id": "en-liken-en-verb-0VpqOs93",
      "links": [
        [
          "be like",
          "be like"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪkən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lichen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lycan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪkən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-liken.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-liken.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-liken.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lī'kən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liken"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg- (like)",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms suffixed with -en",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪkən",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪkən/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "likener"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "likening"
    },
    {
      "word": "unliken"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "unlikenable"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "unlikening"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "id": "like"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "liknen",
        "t": "to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "leccone, legen, leken, lekenen, lekyn, licken, lickene, lickenen, lickne, lickyn, licne, licnen, likkenen, likkin, likkyn, liken, likenen, likne, likon, likyn, lycken, lyckene, lyckyn, lyken, lykken, lykkyn, lykne, lykyn, lykyne",
        "otherforms": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "[and other forms]",
      "name": "nb..."
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "liken",
        "t": "to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form"
      },
      "expansion": "liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "lik",
        "t": "alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)"
      },
      "expansion": "lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "suffix",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "infinitive"
      },
      "expansion": "infinitive",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "verb",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "-en",
        "pos": "suffix forming infinitives of verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "-en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "Lik"
      },
      "expansion": "Lik",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ġelīċ",
        "t": "like, similar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*galīkaz",
        "t": "like, similar; equal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyg-",
        "t": "like, similar; even, level"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "like",
        "3": "en",
        "pos1": "adjective",
        "pos2": "suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make 􂀿adjective􂁀’"
      },
      "expansion": "like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "likens",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likening",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likened",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "likened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "en-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "liken (third-person singular simple present likens, present participle likening, simple past and past participle likened)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "lik‧en"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "old": "1"
      },
      "name": "en-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "contrast"
        },
        {
          "word": "unliken"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1566, Thomas Heskyns, “Proving All Our Sacramentes Generallie to be More Excellent then the Sacramentes of Moyses”, in The Parliament of Chryste Auouching and Declaring the Enacted and Receaued Trueth of the Presence of His Bodie and Bloode in the Blessed Sacrament, […], Antwerp: […] William Silvius […], →OCLC, folio cclxxii, verso",
          "text": "In this ſaing S. Auguſtin likeneth the ſacramentes of the olde lavve in reſpect of the ſacramentes of the nevve lavve vnto childrens games, and our ſacramentes he likeneth to the thinges of more profett, vvhich are to be geuen to the ſonnes of God, vvhen they vvaxe of more age, knovvledge, and ripeneſſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1629], Iohn Gaule [i.e., John Gaule], Practique Theories: Or, Votiue Speculations, vpon Iesus Christs Prediction. Incarnation. Passion. Resurrection. […], London: […] [Thomas Cotes] for Iames Bowler, →OCLC, page 141",
          "text": "He merited not the Abaſement; vve vvere vvorthy the Damnation. Ah, ah my good Sauiour! A Nethermoſt depth cannot ſincke me lovv enough, ſince thou ſtoop'ſt to a Footſtoole. Thou likenedſt thee to me, I vvill compare me to Nothing: […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1880, Standish [James] O’Grady, “Descent of the Red Branch”, in History of Ireland: Cuculain and His Contemporaries, volume II, London: Sampson Low, Searle, Marston, & Rivington, […]; Dublin: E. Ponsonby, […], →OCLC, page 192",
          "text": "And the tufted isles which thou likenedst to the isles that rise from the face of some still gleaming lake—these are the peaks of the northern hills and the tops of the mountain ranges of the north, standing above the suspended steam of their host.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to#Preposition"
        ],
        [
          "unto",
          "unto#Preposition"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "compare",
          "compare#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "unliken"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make",
          "make#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "resemble",
          "resemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "rare",
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To represent or symbolize (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "represent",
          "represent"
        ],
        [
          "symbolize",
          "symbolize"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive)",
        "(rare) To represent or symbolize (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be like",
          "be like"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪk(ə)n/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlaɪkən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lichen"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "lycan"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪkən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lī'kən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šabbaha",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "شَبَّهَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sravnjavam",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "сравнявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐyù",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "比喻"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "vergelijken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "verrata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "rinnastaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "comparer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "adarebs",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "ადარებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amsgavsebs",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "ამსგავსებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "amgvanebs",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "ამგვანებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "vergleichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "membandingkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "mengumpamakan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "paragonare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tatoeru",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "たとえる"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spóredi",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "спо́реди"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "porównywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "porównać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srávnivatʹ",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сра́внивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sravnítʹ",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сравни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upodobljátʹ",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уподобля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upodóbitʹ",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уподо́бить"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "paragunari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "comparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "likna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "jämföra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing — see also compare",
      "word": "benzetmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing",
      "word": "tehdä jonkinlaiseksi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liken"
}