liken

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verb. compare

verb. balance; think of together

verb. balance; think of together

verb. balance; think of together

verb. be alike

verb. be alike

late 13c., "to represent as like," from like (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Likened; likening.

If we liken them to gold, she has made her assay and says the gold is pure.

"You do well to liken yourself to the melancholy Jaques," she replied.

“Yes, yes; but it becomes not me to liken myself to such a man,” he answered.

There are descriptions of the creeper's music which liken it to a wren's.

It's no that difficult to busk the hooks; maybe you would be liken' to try.

Perhaps we may liken it most to a bubble such as boys blow from soap suds.

When there is no wind at all we may liken it to the navigation of a smooth lake or pond.

The temple is dedicated to a warlike goddess whom one might liken to Athena.

It is impossible to liken this object to any familiar shape, for it resembles none.

Unto what shall I liken these kingdoms, that ye may understand?