Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liked"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Like \Like\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liked} (l[imac]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Liking}.] [OE. liken to please, AS. l[=i]cian,
gel[=i]cian, fr. gel[=i]c. See {Like}, a.]
1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. [Obs.]

Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.
--R. of
Gloucester.

I willingly confess that it likes me much better
when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am
bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature. --Sir
P. Sidney.

2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to
take satisfaction in; to enjoy.

He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking
to loving. --Sir P.
Sidney.

3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]

Like me to the peasant boys of France. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

liked
adj : found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining
form; "a well-liked teacher" [ant: {disliked}]


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