Part 6534

<hw>Like</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Liker</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Likest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lik</ets>, <ets>ilik</ets>, <ets>gelic</ets>, AS. <ets>gel\'c6c</ets>, fr. pref. <ets>ge-</ets> + <ets>l\'c6c</ets> body, and orig. meaning, having the same body, shape, or appearance, and hence, like; akin to OS. <ets>gil\'c6k</ets>, D. <ets>gelijk</ets>, G. <ets>gleich</ets>, OHG. <ets>gil\'c6h</ets>, Icel. <ets>l\'c6kr</ets>, <ets>gl\'c6kr</ets>, Dan. <ets>lig</ets>, Sw. <ets>lik</ets>, Goth. <ets>galeiks</ets>, OS. <ets>lik</ets> body, D. <ets>lijk</ets>, G. <ets>leiche</ets>, Icel. <ets>l\'c6k</ets>, Sw. <ets>lik</ets>, Goth. <ets>leik</ets>. The English adverbial ending<ets>-ly</ets> is from the same adjective. Cf. <er>Each</er>, <er>Such</er>, <er>Which</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with <i>in</i> and the particulars of the resemblance; <as>as, they are <ex>like</ex> each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character</as>.</def>

<blockquote>'The as <b>like</b> you As cherry is to cherry. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Like</b> master, <b>like</b> man. <i>Old Prov.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He giveth snow <b>like</b> wool; he scattereth the hoar-frost <b>like</b> ashes. <i>Ps. cxlvii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>To</i>, which formerly often followed <i>like</i>, is now usually omitted.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Equal, or nearly equal; <as>as, fields of <ex>like</ex> extent</as>.</def>

<blockquote>More clergymen were impoverished by the late war than ever in the <b>like</b> space before. <i>Sprat.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely. [<i>Likely</i> is more used now.]</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>But it is <b>like</b> the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Inclined toward; disposed to; <as>as, to feel <ex>like</ex> taking a walk</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Had like</col> (followed by the infinitive), <cd>had nearly; came little short of.</cd></cs>

<blockquote><b>Had like</b> to have been my utter overthrow. <i>Sir W. Raleigh</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ramona <b>had like</b> to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. <i>Mrs. H. H. Jackson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Like figures</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>similar figures.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Like</i> is used as a suffix, converting nouns into adjectives expressing resemblance to the noun; as, man<i>like</i>, like a man; child<i>like</i>, like a child; god<i>like</i>, like a god, etc. Such compounds are readily formed whenever convenient, and several, as <i>crescentlike</i>, <i>serpentlike</i>, <i>hairlike</i>, etc., are used in this book, although, in some cases, not entered in the vocabulary. Such combinations as <i>bell-like</i>, <i>ball-like</i>, etc., are hyphened.</note>

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<hw>Like</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.</def>

<blockquote>He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his <b>like</b> again. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in <pluf>pl.</pluf>; <as>as, we all have <ex>likes</ex> and dislikes</as>.</def>

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<hw>Like</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gel\'c6ce</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; <as>as, do not act <ex>like</ex> him</as>.</def>

<blockquote>He maketh them to stagger <b>like</b> a drunken man. <i>Job xii. 25.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Like</i>, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a preposition.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a like or similar manner</def>.

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote><b>Like</b> as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. <i>Ps. ciii. 13.</i></blockquote>