different between belike vs perhaps

English

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

From be- +? like.

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• beliked

Noun

belike (plural belikes)

1. An object of affection or liking.

   She will always be one of my belikes.

Etymology 3

From be- +? like.

Adverb

belike (not comparable)

1. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.
   • c. 1589-93, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV scene iv^[1]:

     It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:

     Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land."

   • 1904, G. K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill

     And when the pedants bade us mark / What cold mechanic happenings / Must come; our souls said in the dark, / "Belike; but there are likelier things."

Derived terms

• belikely

Anagrams

• Beilke

English

Alternative forms

• perhap

Etymology

From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per +? hap (“chance, coincidence”) +? -s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??hæps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??hæps/
• (General American, Received Pronunciation) (colloquial, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /?p?æps/
• Rhymes: -æps
• Hyphenation: per?haps

Adverb

perhaps (not comparable)

1. Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.

2. (rare) By chance.

Synonyms

• belike
• maybe
• mayhap
• mayhaps
• peradventure
• perchance

Related terms

• perhapser

Translations

Noun

perhaps (plural perhapses)

1. An uncertainty.
   • 1870, The Missionary Herald (volumes 66-67, page 167)

     I cannot conceive what atheism, or skepticism, or positivism could do for me now, with their negations, and endless and contradictory perhapses, and perhapses, and perhapses.