v. t. [ See Like, v. t. ] To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “ Sith it lyketh you.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. gelīcnes. ]
An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ How he looked ] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).
v. t.
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. gelīcnes. ]
An enemy in the likeness of a friend. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ How he looked ] the likenesses of him which still remain enable us to imagine. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
He said to them, Soothly ye shall say to me this likeness, Leech, heal thyself. Wyclif (Luke iv. 23).