LIKENING

likening

(noun) the act of comparing similarities

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

likening

present participle of liken

Noun

likening (plural likenings)

The act by which things are likened; a comparison.

Source: Wiktionary


LIKEN

Lik"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Likened; p. pr. & vb. n. Likening.] Etym: [OE. liknen. See Like, a.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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