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belike

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English beliken (to simulate, feign), equivalent to be- +‎ like.

Verb

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belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)

  1. (transitive) To make like; simulate.
  2. (transitive) To be like; resemble.
    • 2000, Helen May Dennis, Ezra Pound and poetic influence:
      The most beautiful passages of Arnaut are in the canzo beginning: Sweet cries and cracks and lays and chants inflected By auzels who, in their Latin belikes.

Etymology 2

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From be- +‎ like.

Verb

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belike (third-person singular simple present belikes, present participle beliking, simple past and past participle beliked)

  1. (impersonal) To be pleasing to; please.
    • 1903, The story of King Arthur and his knights:
      Yea," said King Arthur, " it belikes me more than any horse that I ever beheld before." " Then," quoth Queen Morgana, "consider it as a gift of reconciliation betwixt thee and me. [...]"
  2. (transitive) To like; be pleased with.
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Noun

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belike (plural belikes)

  1. An object of affection or liking.
    She will always be one of my belikes.

Etymology 3

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From be- +‎ like.

Adverb

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belike (not comparable)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, especially Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.
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