Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIKE
LIKE, adv.
- In the same manner. Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matth. vi. Luke xii. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii.
- In a manner becoming. Be strong, and quit yourselves like men. – Sam. iv.
- Likely; probably; as, like enough it will. – Shak.
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