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disliken

disliken verb: to make unlike; to disguise.

Verb

disliken (third-person singular simple present dislikens, present participle dislikening, simple past and past participle dislikened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
    • Dismantle you , and as you can , disliken
      The truth of your own seeming , that you mayc. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of disliken

third-person singular presentdislikens
present participledislikening
past participledislikened
pastdislikened

Origin of disliken

From dis- + liken.

Questions about disliken

What does disliken mean?
Disliken means to make unlike; to disguise.
What part of speech is disliken?
Disliken is a verb.
What is the past tense of disliken?
The past tense of disliken is dislikened.

Words near disliken in the dictionary

  1. dislikedst
  2. dislikee
  3. dislikees
  4. dislikeful
  5. dislikelihood
  6. disliken
  7. dislikened
  8. dislikeness
  9. dislikening
  10. dislikens
  11. disliker

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