| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lik·en |
| PRONUNCIATION: | l k n |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: lik·ened, lik·en·ing, lik·ens To see, mention, or show as similar; compare. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English liknen, from like, similar. See like2.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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