belike

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make like

   To make like; simulate.

2. 2

   To be like

   To be like; resemble.

   • 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.
3. 3

   To be pleasing to

   To be pleasing to; please.

   • 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. …"
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   1. 4

      To like

      To like; be pleased with.

   2. 5

      An object of affection or liking.

      • She will always be one of my belikes.
   3. 6

      Likely, probably, perhaps, haply.

      • It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.
      • For that reason, belike, Homer feigns the three Graces to be linked and tied hand in hand, because the hearts of men are so firmly united with such graces.
      • Good fellow, who inhabits here? I do. Belike this castle is not thine. Belike so//But be it whose it may, this is no haunt//For revellers and gallants—pass your way.

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