Hypertext Webster Gateway: "liken"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Liken \Lik"en\ (l[imac]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Likened}
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Likening}.] [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
liken
v : consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We
can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot
equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn: {compare},
{equate}]
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