2. Verb. (third-person singular of like) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Likes
1. like [v] - See also: like
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likes
Literary usage of Likes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Word by Harold Waldwin Percival (1913)
""Are man's likes and dislikes reflections of his own soul? ... If not, whence
come these likes and dislikes" The term "the soul of man" is used ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Hypostatic Union did not deprive the Human Soul of Christ of its human likes
and dislikes. The affections of a man, the emotions of a man were His in so ..."
3. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Man likes the society of girls and women — there he never has it. He likes to
have his children about him, and pet them and play with them — there he has ..."
4. Psychology: A Study of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth (1921)
"PRIMARY likes AND DISlikes Though many of the most intense pleasures and ...
There are natural likes and dislikes—apart from the satisfaction of ..."
5. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"PS Like, to, She likes—as Butchers like a Knife! . Add. of Beelzebub. ... He rises
when he likes himsel; . . The Twa Dogs. 8. This chap will dearly like our ..."