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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liken \Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Likened} (l[imac]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Likening}.] [OE. liknen. See {Like}, adjective]
1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.
Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock. --Matt. vii. 24.
2. To make or cause to be like. [R.] --Brougham.
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