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likenedst

likenedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of liken.

Meaning of liken

Verb

liken (third-person singular simple present likens, present participle likening, simple past and past participle likened)

  1. (transitive) Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
    • The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
    Antonyms:
    contrast, unliken
  2. (also, rare, reflexive, transitive) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
    • Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man, / That likeneth him to his Maker, who spake, and it was done.1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Speaking”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 133
    Antonyms:
    unliken
  3. (rare, transitive) To represent or symbolize (something).
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.

Questions about likenedst

What is likenedst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Likenedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of liken.

Words near likenedst in the dictionary

  1. likeminded
  2. likemindedness
  3. liken
  4. likenable
  5. likened
  6. likenedst
  7. likeness
  8. likenessed
  9. likenesses
  10. likenessing
  11. likenest

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