Chapter Lignoceric to Lilliputian of L by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Like
(Like), n.

1. That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.

He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.

Shak.

2. A liking; a preference; inclination; — usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.

Like
(Like), adv. [AS. gelice. See Like, a.]

1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.

He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Job xii. 25.

Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a preposition.

2. In a like or similar manner. Shak.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Ps. ciii. 13.

3. Likely; probably. "Like enough it will." Shak.

Like
(Like), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liked (likt); p. pr. & vb. n. Liking.] [OE. liken to please, AS. lician, gelician, fr. gelic. See Like, a.]

1. To suit; to please; to be agreeable to. [Obs.]

Cornwall him liked best, therefore he chose there.

R. of Gloucester.

I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favored creature.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.

He proceeded from looking to liking, and from liking to loving.

Sir P. Sidney.

3. To liken; to compare.[Obs.]

Like me to the peasant boys of France.

Shak.

Like
(Like) v. i.

1. To be pleased; to choose.

He may either go or stay, as he best likes.

Locke.

2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be [Obs.]

You like well, and bear your years very well.

Shak.

3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a. [Colloq.]

He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.

Walpole.

To like of, to be pleased with. [Obs.] Massinger.