2. Adjective. (superlative of like) ¹
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Definition of Likest
1. like [adj] - See also: like
Lexicographical Neighbors of Likest
Literary usage of Likest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings in the Senate on the Investigation of the Charges Preferred by Horace G. Prindle, New York (State). Legislature Senate (1874)
"But mercy is above this sceptered sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: Including A Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1846)
"If thou likest her opinions, thou wilt praise her virtue.' She was carried to
London, but dismissed without a trial, and came down with Malcolm Macleod, ..."
3. The Works of Robt: Leighton by Robert Leighton, George Jerment (1805)
"... lie hath set himself, and therefore approves of nothing beyond it: he knows
not God. and therefore doth not discern and esteem what is likest him. ..."
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