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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
like .
Etymologies
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Examples
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If so be thy fathers calling liketh thee not, choose another that thou preferrest.
Appendix. The Story of ‘Ala-ed-Din and the Wonderful Lamp: Paras. 1-24. 1909
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"The mare liketh not these Demesnes; if thou willst grant her safe pas - sage out, she will depart and return for me when the issue be settled."
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She has been brought out into the light, and the light liketh not.
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Know, O my brother, that the proverb saith, The world is show and trickery: and the land where none wotteth thee, there do whatso liketh thee.
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He allotteth His favours to His creatures, as it liketh Him; to some he giveth gifts galore while others He doometh barely to win their daily bread.
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For as long as every man holdeth this right, of doing anything he liketh; so long are all men in the condition of war.
Leviathan 2007
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Said Hugh: This, that thou choose in the world what land liketh thee for a dwelling-place, and we will go with thee and leave thee never, and thou shalt be our lady and queen.
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Al this sentence me liketh every deel, — Up stirte the Pardoner, and that anon,
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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Now preye I to hem alle that herkne thai litel tretys or rede, that if ther be any thyng in it that liketh hem, that therof they thanken oure Lord Jesu Crist, of whom procedeth al wit and al goodnesse.
The Canterbury Tales 2006
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He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
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