different between likest vs livest

English

Etymology

like +? -est.

Verb

likest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of like

Adjective

likest

1. (archaic) superlative form of like: most like
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii:

     Like neuer yet did liuing eye detect; / But likest it to an Hyena was, / That feeds on womens flesh, as others feede on gras.

   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

     Surely, estates be then best, when they are likest minds that be worst: I mean, neither hot, nor cold: neither distended with too much, nor narrowly pent […]

Anagrams

• KLites, Kleist, Litkes

German

Pronunciation

Verb

likest

1. second-person singular subjunctive I of liken

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

likest

1. indefinite singular superlative degree of lik

English

Alternative forms

• liv'st (obsolete)

Etymology

live +? -est

Verb

livest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of live

Adjective

livest

1. superlative form of live: most live
   • 1913, The Rotarian (volume 3, number 10, page 39)

     In some subtle manner every "man jack" of the 260 Rotarian membership of Houston feels, knows and reflects the knowledge that he is an integral part of the livest organization in the city.

Anagrams

• Levits, vilest