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▪ I. † beˈlike, v.1 Obs.
In 3 bilike, 5 belyke.
[? f. be- 5 + like a.]
1. trans. To make like, to simulate.
a1250Owl & Night. 839 All thine wordes beth isliked, And so bisemed and biliked, That alle tho that hi avoth Hi weneth that thu segge soth.
2. trans. To be like, to resemble.
1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 25 Reynkin my yongest sone, belyketh me so wel, I hope he shal folowe my stappes.
▪ II. † belike, v.2 Obs.
[f. be- 2 + like v.]
1. impers. To be pleasing to, to please.
1764T. Bridges Homer Travest. (1797) II. 207 Let him, since it belikes him well, Stay where he is.
2. trans. To like, to be pleased with.
1557North Gueuara's Diall Pr. (1582) 403 a, Those that are beloued and belyked of prynces. 1567Turberv. Ovid's Epist. 144 b, Such things as I in thee should have belikte.
Hence beˈliked ppl. a.
1557North Gueuara's Diall Pr. (1582) 406 a, Therfore let not the beliked think, if he dare beleeue mee, etc.
▪ III. belike, adv.|bɪˈlaɪk|
Also 6 belyke, bylyke, -like, 7 bee-like.
[? f. be = by prep. + like a. or n.; ? ‘By what is likely, by what seems.’]
A. adv. To appearance, likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly.
a1533Frith Purgatory (1829) 121 Belike this man hath drunk of a merry cup. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 73 By like all their ceremonies bee not so auncient. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon I. 157 In 1572, and belike before, he had a Chamber. 1741Richardson Pamela I. 238 All these three, belike, went together. 1800Wordsw. Pet Lamb, Things that I know not of belike to thee are dear. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country 268 Caterpillar-like..Become the Painted Peacock, or belike The Brimstone-wing.
†B. adj. Like, likely (to do something). Obs.
1550Lever Serm. 30 For they seme belyke to do moste good wyth the ryches. 1805Southey Madoc in W. iv. Wks. V. 35 They saw..our food belike to fail. |