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3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]

Like me to the peasant boys of France.

Shak.

Like (lk), v. i. 1. To be pleased; to choose.

He may either go or stay, as he best likes.

Locke.

2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). [Obs.]

You like well, and bear your years very well.

Shak.

3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a. [Colloq.]

He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.

Walpole.

To like of, to be pleased with. [Obs.] Massinger.

Like"a*ble (lk"*b'l), a. See Likable.

Like"hood (-hd), n. Likelihood. [Obs.] South.

Like"li*hood (-l*hd), n. [Likely + -hood.] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.]

What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ?

Shak.

2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]

There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.

Sir W. Raleigh.

3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson.

Like"li*ness, n. 1. Likelihood; probability.

2. Suitableness; agreeableness. [Obs.]

Like"ly, a. [Compar. Likelier (lk"l*r); superl. Likeliest.] [That is, like- like. See Like, a.] 1. Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.

It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous.

Johnson.

2. Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.