单词 | liken |
释义 | likenv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > resemble or take after to braid ofc1275 anliken1340 liken1340 semblec1400 showc1425 to draw after ——a1500 to be cast in a (particular) mould1745 assimilate1768 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > become like anliken1340 liken1340 assimilate1768 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 88 Þe more he him loueþ þe stranglaker, þe more he him likneþ propreliche. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1064 If þou wyrkkes on þis wyse, þaȝ ho wyk were, Hir schal lyke þat layk þat lyknes hir tylle. 1809 M. A. Bianchi Levity & Sorrow I. 70 Her own conduct towards Braunau had much likened to coquetry. 1809 M. A. Bianchi Levity & Sorrow II. 200 I once knew a lady..that likened surprisingly to you. 1838 T. Chalmers Lect. Rom. II. 87 We are daily likening unto Christ in superiority over the world. 1922 W. G. Horder God that Jesus saw iv. 102 The great end is..their likening to Christ and their being made to realise their sonship to the Father. b. transitive. To symbolize, represent. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] token971 to stand for ——a1387 presentc1390 discern?a1439 liken?c1450 adumbrate1537 figurate?1548 character1555 shadow1574 shade1591 characterize1594 symbolize1603 hieroglyphic1615 personatea1616 modelizea1628 similize1646 symptom1648 express1649 signaturize1669 image1778 embryo1831 symbol1832 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 11 (MED) The plater drawen oute of the donge likenithe [Fr. signifie] the soule in the bodi. 1984 Nature 29 Mar. 401/1 If the physical variable represents one or other of two different kinds of atoms, the system likens that of binary alloys. 2. a. transitive. To regard or represent as similar to; to compare. Also with †into, unto, with, and in to liken together. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > compare [verb (transitive)] > liken bysenc1325 anliken1340 comparison1340 liken1340 figure1393 like?c1425 semblea1440 compare1447 comparagea1450 signifya1470 comparate?a1475 figurate?a1500 resemble1533 patterna1586 symbolize with1605 assimilatec1616 similize1620 symbolize1651 similarize1806 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 234 No þing ne is worþi to be ylykned to þe chaste herte. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 4756 And to þe croys by gode skylle Ys þe harpe lykened weyle. c1450 (?a1349) in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 22 (MED) Loue y likne in-to a fier Þat slakeen may for no þing. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 3095 (MED) It limps noȝt all-way þe last to licken with þe first. a1475 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 15th Cent. (1939) 231 I leccone my lyfe vnto the morrow-tyde. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. A.iiiiv Wel may the preacher and the ploughman be lykened together. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 626 Of all the Græcain Captaines I can liken none so well vnto him, as Eumenes the Cardian. For both of them knew how to commaund, both were very valliant & politicke in warres, both were banished men out of their contry. 1604 H. Jacob Reasons 14 These things can not be compared nor likened togeather. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. i. 92 The Prince broke thy head for lik'ning [1600 liking] him to a singing man of Windsor. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 573 By lik'ning spiritual to corporal forms. View more context for this quotation 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. ii. 26 Every good servant, for the future, will be proud to be liken'd to honest Joseph Leman. 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. vii. 106 The World has been likened to a variety of Things. 1808 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) II. 90 You liken her to Henry. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. i. 9 I likened him often..to sheet-lightning. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 93 You must not liken her To your wild-eyed Aspasias. a1938 T. Wolfe You can't go Home Again (1973) iii. xxiv. 273 I have been likened..to a viper that an innocent populace had long nurtured in its bosom. 1976 N. Denny tr. V. Hugo Les Misérables (2003) ii. viii. iii. 464 Some carry blasphemy to the point of likening the scaffold of Louis XVI to the Cross of Jesus Christ. 2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 134 Some shooters might liken the trigger to a clitoris,..but in STA 2/7 we refrain from anthropomorphizing our weapons. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > lay to one's charge, impute witec893 challenge1297 weena1300 to bear upon —c1300 likenc1400 layc1425 to put upa1438 object1447 establish1483 impose1484 reproach1490 annotea1513 lade1535 appoint1553 burden1559 clap1609 to charge (a fault, etc.) on, upon, against (a person)1611 upcast1825 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 277 Lewed men may likne ȝow þus þat þe beem lithe in ȝowre eyghen. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 42 Þo þat..Lickne men and lye on hem þat leneth hem no ȝiftes. ΚΠ 1515 Cronycle Englonde (de Worde) i. f. 6/1 Athlas ye grete astronomyer was this tyme, ye whiche is lykened to bere vp heuen on his sholders. 1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 927 Ther were great Images of wickers couered, and made like great men of diuers strange Nations, and diuers reasons were written by them of the Countreys that they were likened to be off. 1642 J. Cotton Brief Expos. Canticles vi. 169 This reformed Church... is likened to be... As an army with banners. 1681 W. Mather Very Useful Man. 223 Of some men they liken to be created worse than a Beast, to be born with such evil marks upon his hand. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [verb (intransitive)] > be rated or regarded as to pass for (also as)1463 likenc1570 rate1819 the mind > emotion > love > a lover > be someone's sweetheart [verb (intransitive)] > be assigned by repute as a lover likenc1570 c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 59 They haith bein likned to-gither more and 2 yere. 1575 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 304 He saith that the said Janet was never by any report lykned to any man for the getting of the said child, but only the said Robert... The said Robert is lykened to be the father of the said child. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie (ed. 2) I. xxv. 224 He's a nice man, and mair in him than he's likened to; I couldna hae thought he would hae done so meikle for me already. 1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk 220 A body mith..licken't [sc. an illegitimate child] to ane o' yon chiels 't was aboot the toon wi' 'er at Briggies. 3. transitive. To make like. Also reflexive (usually with to): to make oneself resemble. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] comparison1340 likena1382 figure1393 compare1447 comparagea1450 comparate?a1475 assemble1483 apply?1532 assimile1547 configurate1582 resemble1590 guise1606 similize1620 assimilate1630 approacha1649 consimilate1716 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xiii. 14 That he..bi the kunnyng of his craft..licne it to an ymage of man, or to sum of bestes it he comparisoune. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 4350 To sett him in-to seruitute..Þat god has fourmed to be free & to his face licknud. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) (1881) 216 To Lykyne [1483 BL Add. 89074 to make Lyke, assimilare, conformare]. 1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo f. 3 Solomon..forbiddes vs to aunsweare a foole in his follie, lest we liken our selues vnto him. 1718 J. B. Weston Abstr. Doctr. Jesus-Christ x. 441 It is your humble, sweet, and benign Condescension... which likens you to your meek Redeemer. 1720 Duncan Fraser in T. Evans Old Ballads (1784) III. xvii. 172 I will liken her to a laidley worm, That warps about the stone. 1842 Ld. Brougham Polit. Philos. I. v. 158 The occasional deviations from its fundamental principles in a free constitution, and the temporary introduction of arbitrary power, liken it to the worst despotisms. 1869 A. J. Evans Vashti xvi. 213 My unpardonable sin consists in having..made myself comely! If you will procure an authentic portrait of the Witch of Endor, I will do proper penance by likening my appearance thereunto. 1944 Washington Post 10 Aug. 6/3 The son who gradually likens His ways, his smile, his mien unto his father. 2013 J. Isomae in M. Eggert & L. Hölscher Relig. & Secularity xi. 222 Shintō..tried to liken itself to the Western concept of religion. Derivatives ˈlikener n. a person who likens or compares one thing to another. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > [noun] > one who or that which makes representations mirrora1382 likener1440 shadower1600 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 305 Lykenare, or he þat lykenythe, assimilator, assimilatrix. 1820 J. H. Reynolds Fancy 36 It is impossible not to remark upon his majesty's proneness to similes. Mr. Tims is a prodigious likener. 2009 P. C. Sandler Clin. Applic. Bion's Concepts ii. 67 This was a kind of syndrome likened to the Babel myth. But the likeners seem to forget that the language ‘babelisation’ occurred because humans were trying to reach Heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1340 |
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