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beliking

beliking is the present participle and gerund 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.

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Questions about beliking

What is beliking the present participle and gerund of?
Beliking is the present participle and gerund of belike.

Words near beliking in the dictionary

  1. belight
  2. belike
  3. beliked
  4. belikely
  5. belikes
  6. beliking
  7. Beliliou
  8. belimb
  9. belimbed
  10. belimbing
  11. belimbings

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