Part 6536

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Likeliness</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Like"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Likelihood; probability.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Suitableness; agreeableness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Likely</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Likelier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Likeliest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[That is, <ets>like-like</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Worthy of belief; probable; credible; <as>as, a <ex>likely</ex> story</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It seems <b>likely</b> that he was in hope of being busy and conspicuous. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; <as>as, it is <ex>likely</ex> to rain</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Similar; like; alike.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.</def>

<i>Shak. Milton.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; <as>as, a <ex>likely</ex> young man; a <ex>likely</ex> servant.</as></def>

<h1>Likely</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Like"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In all probability; probably.</def>

<blockquote>While man was innocent he was <b>likely</b> ignorant of nothing that imported him to know. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Like-minded</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Like"-mind`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a like disposition or purpose; of the same mind.</def>

<i>Tillotson.</i>

<h1>Liken</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Lik"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Likened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Likening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>liknen</ets>. See <er>Like</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; <as>as, to <ex>liken</ex> life to a pilgrimage</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will <b>liken</b> him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. <i>Matt. vii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make or cause to be like.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Brougham.</i>

<h1>Likeness</h1> <Xpage=853>

<hw>Like"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gel\'c6cnes</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being like; similitude; resemblance; similarity; <as>as, the <ex>likeness</ex> of the one to the other is remarkable</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Appearance or form; guise.</def>

<blockquote>An enemy in the <b>likeness</b> of a friend. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>