Definitions
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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
like - adjective archaic
superlative form oflike : mostlike .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“You have, by assuming a title likest that of Father of your Country, allowed yourself to be, one cannot say elevated, but rather brought down so many stages from your real sublimity, and as it were forced into rank for the public convenience.”
Life of John Milton Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906 1890
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"You have, by assuming a title likest that of Father of your Country, allowed yourself to be, one cannot say elevated, but rather brought down so many stages from your real sublimity, and as it were forced into rank for the public convenience."
Life of John Milton Richard Garnett 1870
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"I like thee no better than thou likest me, old mare," she snapped.
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What thing is that that is most likest unto a horse?
gillpolack: So many novels heroicise mankind. When a gillpolack 2009
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What thing is that that is most likest unto a horse?
Even in a little thing gillpolack 2009
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Hearts, when affection flies from them, are likest unto glass
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Bassorah, with vitals yearning for her love; and when I came upon this thy son, I saw him to be the likest of all creatures to the young lady; wherefore he reminded me of her and his sight revived the fire of passion in me and kindled anew in my heart the flames of love-longing and distraction.
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My tears are likest to the main for ebb and flow of tide;
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She returned my salam, gaily answering With the sweetest speech likest pearls a-string.
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My tears for ever flow and flood, likest the surging sea
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