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unlikening

unlikening is the present participle and gerund of unliken.

Meaning of unliken

Verb

unliken (third-person singular simple present unlikens, present participle unlikening, simple past and past participle unlikened)

  1. (transitive) To make unlike or describe as being unlike.
    • "To unliken them would make nonsense of any poem," I said.1948, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 264, page 178

Questions about unlikening

What is unlikening the present participle and gerund of?
Unlikening is the present participle and gerund of unliken.

Words near unlikening in the dictionary

  1. unlikely
  2. unliken
  3. unlikened
  4. unlikeness
  5. unlikenesses
  6. unlikening
  7. unlikens
  8. unlikes
  9. unliking
  10. unlimb
  11. unlimbed

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