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Definition of Likened
1. liken [v] - See also: liken
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likened
Literary usage of Likened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor: Containing Choice and Characteristic by William Evans Burton (1859)
"Now, the different sorts of fire in the world may be likened unto the different
persuasions of Christians in the world. In the first place we have the ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"war likened them to the reports of heavy siege guns fired at frequent intervals
during the night. From May 31 to the time of my visit, on June 6, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Knowing Nicol's fiery temper, he likened himself to ' a man travelling with a
loaded blunderbuss at full cock' ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1841)
"He has likened the case to that of a party suing by attorney in the ordinary
mode, and has referred to an authority to shew, that where an action is ..."
5. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1903)
"... XXV How true love is likened to summer. AND thus it passed on from Candlemass
until after Easter, that the month of May was come, when every lusty heart ..."
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