Definition for LIK'EN

LIK'EN, v.t. [li'kn; Sw. likna; Dan. ligner.]

To compare; to represent as resembling or similar. Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him to a wise man, that built his house on a rock. – Matth. vi.

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