Definition for LIKE'NESS

LIKE'NESS, n.

  1. Resemblance in form; similitude. The picture is a good likeness of the original.
  2. Resemblance; form; external appearance. Guard against an enemy in the likeness of a friend.
  3. One that resembles another; a copy; a counterpart. I took you for your likeness, Chloe. – Prior.
  4. An image, picture or statue, resembling a person or thing. – Exod. xx.

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