different between liking vs belike

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English l?ciende, l?ci?ende, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?, equivalent to like +? -ing.

Verb

liking

1. present participle of like

Etymology 2

From Middle English likinge, from Old English l?cung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +? -ing.

Noun

liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)

1. A like; a predilection.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

     The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

2. (archaic) Approval.

   goods bought on liking

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• for one's liking
• to one's liking
• take a liking to

Translations

Sambali

Noun

likíng

1. side

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