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beliked

beliked is the simple past and past participle of belike.

Meaning of belike

Verb (1)

belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)

  1. (transitive) To make like; simulate.
  2. (transitive) To be like; resemble.
    • The most beautiful passages of Arnaut are in the canzo beginning: Sweet cries and cracks and lays and chants inflected By auzels who, in their Latin belikes.2000, Helen May Dennis, Ezra Pound and poetic influence

Verb (2)

belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)

  1. (impersonal) To be pleasing to; please.
    • Yea," said King Arthur, " it belikes me more than any horse that I ever beheld before." " Then," quoth Queen Morgana, "consider it as a gift of reconciliation betwixt thee and me. …"1903, The story of King Arthur and his knights
  2. (transitive) To like; be pleased with.

See all 6 meanings of belike

Adjective

beliked (comparative more beliked, superlative most beliked)

  1. Beloved; liked.

Forms of beliked

comparativemore beliked
superlativemost beliked

Origin of beliked

From Middle English beliked, past participle of beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like.

From belike, equivalent to belike + -ed.

Questions about beliked

What does beliked mean?
Beliked means beloved; liked.
What is beliked the simple past and past participle of?
Beliked is the simple past and past participle of belike.
What part of speech is beliked?
Beliked is an adjective.

Words near beliked in the dictionary

  1. believing one's eyes
  2. believingly
  3. believings
  4. belight
  5. belike
  6. beliked
  7. belikely
  8. belikes
  9. beliking
  10. Beliliou
  11. belimb

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