Part 6535

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Likely; probably.</def> "<i>Like</i> enough it will."

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Like</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Liked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Liking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>liken</ets> to please, AS. <ets>l\'c6cian</ets>, <ets>gel\'c6cian</ets>, fr.<ets>gel\'c6c</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Cornwall him <b>liked</b> best, therefore he chose there. <i>R. of Gloucester.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I willingly confess that it <b>likes</b> me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.</def>

<blockquote>He proceeded from looking to <b>liking</b>, and from <b>liking</b> to loving. <i>Sir P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To liken; to compare.</def><mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Like</b> me to the peasant boys of France. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Like</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To be pleased; to choose.</def>

<blockquote>He may either go or stay, as he best <b>likes</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You <b>like</b> well, and bear your years very well. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; <as>as, he <ex>liked</ex> to have been too late</as>. Cf. <i>Had like</i>, under <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>He probably got his death, as he <b>liked</b> to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To like of</col>, <cd>to be pleased with. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Massinger.</i>

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<hw>Like"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Likelihood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>South.</i>

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<hw>Like"li*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Likely</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Appearance; show; sign; expression.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>What of his heart perceive you in his face By any <b>likelihood</b> he showed to-day ? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Likeness; resemblance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>There is no <b>likelihood</b> between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. <i>Sir W. Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.</def>