单词 | unliken |
释义 | † unlikenv.1 Obsolete. transitive. To make unlike or dissimilar to; to cause not to resemble. Chiefly in past participle. Cf. liken v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, simulate, feign [verb (transitive)] mitheeOE bipechec1000 huec1000 feigna1300 unlikena1382 counterfeitc1400 pretend1402 dissimulec1430 dissimule1483 simule?a1500 semble1530 counterfeit1534 dissemblea1538 suppose1566 countenance1590 mock1595 assume1604 to put on1625 assimulate1630 personate1631 to take on1645 simulate1652 forge1752 sham1775 possum1850 to turn on1865 fake1889 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 3 Kings xiv. 5 Whan sche was coomen in, & hadde vnlicned [L. dissimularet] hirselue to ben þat sche was. 1692 L. Southcomb Serm. preached at Funeral J. Culme 15 You my Uncharitableness, my Bitterness and Implacableness of Spirit, my Unmortify'd Hatred and Malice, and Desires of Revenge; by which I have Unliken'd my self to him who Prayed for his Enemies. 1754 S. Anthony Diary 18 Aug. in S. Hopkins Life & Char. S. Anthony (1796) iii. 71 This undoing sin, that so unlikens, and alienates the soul from the blessed God! 1839 E. L. Montagu Fairy Princess in Landgrave 175 The forms which lie..beneath these sods, With but a little earth to strew them o'er, Of their created image scarce retain A line or trace;—unlikened, changed, disfigured. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). unlikenv.2 Somewhat rare. transitive (in passive). To view or describe (something) as being unlike something else; to compare (one thing) to another and find them to be dissimilar. Often contrasted with liken. ΚΠ 1871 Christian Union 5 Apr. 219/1 It throws up a strong stem,..capped with a short spike of red and yellow flowers unlikened to anything ‘in the heavens above’. 1930 Jrnl. Philos. 27 349 The first feature likens physics to an art, the second unlikens it to fine art. 1997 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. ii. 23/2 The central subject on which he writes..is translation, which he likens to musical performance, then unlikens again. 2010 R. Rankin Japanese Devil Fish Girl & other Unnatural Attractions (2011) 182 The ‘turn’ wore golden robes not unlikened to those worn by the airship's casino staff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1a1382v.21871 |
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