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like of

like of verb: to be pleased with; to approve of.

Verb

like of (third-person singular simple present likes of, present participle liking of, simple past and past participle liked of)

  1. (obsolete) To be pleased with; to approve of.
    • He ne'er observed / To twirl a dish about, you did not like of, / All being pleasing to you;c. 1621–6, Philip Massinger, “The Unnatural Combat”, in William Gifford, editor, The Plays of Philip Massinger, published 1845, act 3, scene 1, page 44

Forms of like of

third-person singular presentlikes of
present participleliking of
past participleliked of
pastliked of

Questions about like of

What does like of mean?
Like of means to be pleased with; to approve of.
What part of speech is like of?
Like of is a verb.
What is the past tense of like of?
The past tense of like of is liked of.

Words near like of in the dictionary

  1. like new
  2. like no other
  3. like nobody else
  4. like nobody's business
  5. like nobody's watching
  6. like of
  7. like old boots
  8. like one means it
  9. like one needs a hole in the head
  10. like one o'clock
  11. like one o'clock half struck

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