likelihood 
Left me in rt-puti'K-ss banishment, 
A fellow of no iiiiirk nor lik,'lilKl. 
AVi.it., 1 Hen. IV., III. 2. 45. 
3. That which is probable ; a probability ; ;in 
indication. 
l.ikflihitden are those [arguments] that often hit (In- 
trut'th. ititil yet are not alwai.-H so ; as thus: SocheayounK 
inanne talkcth often and that alone with aoch a young 
maide. Krgo, lu: is in love with her. 
,s> y. Wilton, Rule of Reason. 
. Against which testimonies Ukelyhoodt, evidences, and 
apparent actions of his own, being so abundant, the bare 
ili'jiyall of one man, though with imprecation, cannot In 
any reason countervaile. Milt,,,,, Kikonoklastes, xii. 
It. liiKrtirss; resemblance; similarity. 
There is no likelihood between pure light and black 
darkness, or between Hghtcoininesx and reprobation. 
Raleigh. 
likeliness (lik'H-nes), n. [< ME. Uklinesse, 
li/kli ' Hume; < likely + -ness.'] The condition or 
quality of being likely, (a) Probability. (6) Suita- 
bleness ; agreeablencss. (ct) Likeness. 
That she knew not bis favours likelynesse, 
For many scarres and many hoary neares. 
Spenter, F. Q., V. vii. 30. 
likely (Kk'li), n. [< ME. Ukli; by apheresis 
for 'ilikli, < AS. geliclic. likely, apt, < gelic, 
like: see like 2 , a., and -/#*.] If. Similar; con- 
genial; kindred. 
Love Is a celestial! harmonie 
Of likely harts. 
Spenser, In Honour of Beautle, 1. 198. 
2. That may be suitable ; preferred for a par- 
ticular reason or purpose ; fit or adapted, or giv- 
ing promise of being so : as, a likely subject for 
satire. 
In that batell Darell was Baner, 
And, as the story selth in euery wise, 
He was a likely knyjjht for that Office. 
Oeneryde(E. E. T. 8.* L 2107. 
Venator. Now Piscator, where will you begin to flsli? 
Pittcator. We are not yet come to a likely place. 
/. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 61. 
The swag-shopkeepers can always flnd customers " for 
anything likely, with the indispensable proviso that it is 
cheap. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, 1. 487. 
3. Having likeness to truth ; that seems or that 
may be true; credible; probable: as, a likely 
story. 
Most in, l,i 'tis for you. Shak., Cor., L 2. 16. 
Sore hath been their flght, 
As likeliest was when two such foes met arm'd. 
Milton, P. L., vl. 688. 
It seems likely that he was in hope of being busy and 
conspicuous. Johnson, Otway. 
Hence 4. Within the limits of probability: 
having a tendency ; so situated or constituted 
that he or it will probably be or do something 
indicated: followed by an infinitive. 
Many things happen, not likely to ensue from any prom- 
ises of antecedencies. Sir T. Browne, Christ Mor., it >-. 
The election of the speaker ah wed that the duke was 
not IHt-lii to have his own way in the assembly. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., 348. 
It Is proverbial that, if a man does not care for himself, 
he is not likely to care much for other people. 
Fowler, shaftusbury and Hutcheson, p. 97. 
6f. Liable to happen or come about ; in pros- 
pect or expectation. 
Have you heard of no likely wars toward, 'twixt the 
Dukes of Cornwall and Albany? Shak., Lear, II. 1. 11. 
Grant that our hopes, yet likdy of fair birth. 
Should be still-born. Khnk., 1 Hen. IV., i 3. 63. 
6. Such as may be liked; likable; pleasing; 
agreeable; commendable; promising; good. 
Thou art as likflii a fellow as any is in the company. 
MitliUeton (and others), The Widow, i. 2. 
Those argent fields more likely habitants, 
Translated saints, or middle spirits, hold. 
MM, P. L., til. 460. 
From 30 to 00 likely young Horses. 
Maia. Mercury, April 29, 1796. 
He It was who had let her know when Haytersbank Farm 
had been to let esteeming it a lik-rlit piece of land for his 
uncle to settle down upon. 
Mrs. Oaikett, Sylvia's Lovers, iv. 
Time was that Cack was a ... likely young man, and 
his wife a very respectable woman. 
a. B, Stotce, Oldtown, p. 11. 
= Svn. 4. Apt, Likely, etc. See apt. 
likely (lik'li), nrfr. [< likely, a.] Probably; 
us may reasonably be supposed. 
like-minded (lik'min'ded), a. Having a like 
disposition or purpose; animated by the same 
spirit or temper; having the same or similar 
thoughts and tendencies. 
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be Kkrmiiulei, having the same 
love, being o( one accord, of one mind. Phil. ii. 
liken (li'kn), i:. t. [X ME. liknen, lyknen, licnen 
= MLG. likcnrii = Dan. lii/nc = Sw. likna ; as 
Mr-', a., + -ciil (3). Cf. like?, .] If. To make 
like ; cause to resemble. 
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I will her liken to a laidley worm. 
That warps atwut the stone. 
The Lautley H'unn af fSyindlnton heugh (Child s Ballads, 
II. 282). 
It is remarkable how exactly the occasional deviations 
from Its fundamental principles In a free constitution, and 
the temporary introduction of arbitrary power, liken it to 
the worst despotisms. Brougham. 
2. To represent, declare, or describe as like or 
similar; compare. 
Llllwhlte was hur liche to lOrne the benrde | lady i ; 
Where Is thtr leugged In lond a Lady so sweete? 
Aluaunder of Macedmne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 19&. 
Men may well lykne that Bryd (the plum ix 1 ;] unto God ; 
be cause that there nys no God but on. 
MatuteviUc, Travels, p. 48. 
And he said, Whereunto shall we Men the kingdom of 
God? Mark Ir. 30. 
Well may the preacher and the ploughman be likened 
together. Latiiner, Sermon of the Plough. 
likeness (lik'nes), n. [< ME. liknease, liknes, 
lyknes, by apheresis from iliknes, < AS. gelicnes, 
rarely licnes (= OS. gelicnansi, gelicnessi, gelic- 
nuxni = D. geliikenis = MLG. likenisse = OHG. 
galihnisxi, gililinussi, chilthnisxa, MHG. gelirh- 
nisse,gelichnu88e,Q.gleichnit), form, semblance, 
image, likeness, < gelic, like, alike: see alike, 
It/.,-, a., and -ness.] 1. The state of being like, 
or alike ; the relation of two or more objects 
which agree in respect to some quality; simili- 
tude ; similarity ; resemblance. 
And Ood said, Let as make man In our Image, after our 
lit; MB Gen. I. 26. 
I see thee what thou art. and know 
Thy likenea to the wise below. 
Thy kindred with the great of old. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, Ixxfv. 
While Spalato Is putting on the likenes* of a busy mod- 
ern town, Trail has nothing to show but Its ancient mem- 
ories. /'.'. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 180. 
2. That which resembles something else ; an 
express representation or copy; an effigy; espe- 
cially, a portrait of a person , or s representation 
of an animal or other object. 
What seem'd his head 
The likeness of a kingly crown had on. 
Milton, P. L, ii. 873. 
Here, take my Likenea with you, whilst 'tis so. 
Cmdey, The Mistress, My Picture. 
likeroust, a. See lickerous. 
likewaker (llk'wak), n. [Also lykewake, also 
assibilated licliwakc (also by corruption lake- 
wake, latewake); < ME. 'likewake, lykewaik. 
lichewake; < like 1 , Itch, a dead body, + wake, 
a watching: see like 1 and wake 1 , .] A watch 
over a dead body. 
Ne how Arcyte is brent to asshen colde, 
Ne how that liche-wake was yholde 
Ai thilke night, ne howe the Grekes pleye 
The wake-pleyes, ne kepe I nat to seye. 
Chaucer, Knight's Tale, L 2100. 
The night it is her low lykeicaice, 
The morn her burial day. 
Young Benjie (Child's Ballads, II. 303). 
likewise (lik'wiz), adv. [Abbr. of t like wise. 
Cf. Dan. ligcrviis.] In like manner ; moreover; 
also ; too. 
The same Thnrsdaye we sayled, styll trauersynge ye see 
ayenst ye wynde ; and so lylce MT/KT we dyde ye nyght fol* 
lowynge. Sir R. Ouylforde, Pylgrymage, p. 61. 
Then said Jesus unto tilm, Go, and do thou liketrue. 
Luke x. 37. 
As there were many reformers, so likncite there were 
many reformations. Sir T. Browne, Rellglo Medici, L 4. 
likin (le'ken'), n. [Chin., < Ii, the thousandth 
part of a tael, + kin, money.] A tax, originally 
of one cash per tael on the value of all sales, im- 
posed by the people of China upon themselves, 
in order to make up the deficiency in the land- 
tax, during the Taiping rebellion (1850-64). 
It was to be set apart for military purposes only, and was 
Intended to be merely a temporary measure. It Is still 
levied, however, and has been recognized in treaties by 
the foreign nations trading with China. The rate varies 
at the different barriers all over the country; bnt foreign- 
owned goods are exempted from this and other local ex- 
actions by transit passes, which are Issued by the customs 
authorities on the payment of a commutation of 2} per 
cent, ad valorem. Also spelled lekin. 
There were imposed special taxes, or likin dues [in 
China], on many commodities. 
U. S. Cont. Rep., No. 70 (1S86X p. 260. 
liking (li'king), n. [< ME. liking, likinge, lyk- 
yuge; verbal n. of like$, p.] 1. The state of be- 
ing pleased with something; favor; approval; 
inclination ; pleasure : as, one's liking for a 
friend; he took a likixij to the place. 
Youre lykiny Is that I shal telle a tale. 
Chaucer, ProL to Pardoner's Tale, 1. 169. 
That liked, but had a rougher task in hand 
Than to drive liking to the name of love. 
SA.it.. Much Ado, L 1. 302. 
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude. 
Ueonje ElM, Daniel Ueronda, xxjti. 
lilac-mildew 
2. A favorable or pleasing condition; attractive 
appearance; comeliness; in general, appear- 
ance. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
They not onely glue it no mancr of grace at all, but 
rather do disfigure the stutfe and spill the whole Hoik- 
maimhip, taking away all bcwtlc and good liking from it. 
Puttenham, Arte of Eng. I'oesie, p. 115. 
Their young ones are In good liking. Job mix. 4. 
I shall think the worse of fat men, as long as I have an 
eye to make difference of men's liking. 
Shot., M. W. of W., IL L 57. 
On liking, on trial or probation ; on approval : as, to en- 
gage a servant on liking. 
Forced with regret to leave her native sphere, 
Came hut a while on liking here. 
Dryden, Threnodla Augustalls, L 163. 
Pray excuse him, madam ; . . . he [the waiter] la* very 
young man un likirvj, and we don't like him. 
IHckent, Our Mutual Friend, IT. 4. 
= 8yn. 1. Predilection, attachment, etc. Sec Jowl, 
likingt (li'king), a. [< ME. likinge, lykynge; ppr. 
of like 3 , v.] Pleasing; comely; good-looking. 
I wot no lady so likyny. Rom. of the Rote, L 868. 
She, thus in Make, likynge to Trollus, 
Over alle tliinge, he stod for to beholde. 
Chaucer, Trollus, L 809. 
,yt. adv. [< ME. likingly; < liking, a., + 
Pleasantly; agreeably. 
Myn herte ill doun vnto my too 
That was woont sltten ful likingly. 
Hymnt to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 91. 
likingnesst, ". [ME. likingnes; < liking, a., + 
-ness.] Pleasingness. 
This hauk of herte In gouthe y-wys 
Pursueth euere this felsaunt hen ; 
This felsaunt hen is likingnet. 
Hymnt to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. 8.X p. 93. 
HI, a. See HIP. 
lilac (li'lak), n. and a. [Formerly also lilach, 
lelaek; dial, laylock; = F. lilas,<. Sp. lilac = Pg. 
I Hit: = Bulg. li'li'k, ljuleka = Bohem. lil<ik = Pol. 
lilak = Turk. Irilutf, < Ar. lilak, < Pers. lilaj, lilanj, 
lilting, lilac (f), prop, the indigo-plant, with al- 
teration of the initial consonant, < iiiiuli (also 
nil = Hind. Ar. nil), the indigo-plant (nilak, 
bluish), < Skt. iiiln, dark-blue indigo, nili, in- 
digo-plant. Cf. anil.] I. n. I. A shrub of the 
genus Stfringa. See Syringa. The common lilacs 
are S. mlaari* and S. Pertica, with their varieties; they 
abound, especially the former, as ornamental plants, cul- 
tivated for their beauty and fragrance. S. rufijarit Is the 
larger species, having heart-shaped leaves and large thyr- 
slform clusters of purple flowers the ordinary purple 
lilac or Scotch lilac, or, with white flowers, the common 
white lilac. There is also a blue-flowered variety. S. 
Pertica, the Persian lilac, is a smaller, slender shrub, with 
looser panicles and pale flowers, blooming later, and also 
having a white variety. Countess Josika's lilac, S. Jon- 
team, discovered by the Countess von Joslka In Transyl- 
vania, is a tall shrnb with elliptical-lanceolate wrinkled 
leaves and bluish-purple scentless flowers. The Hima- 
layan lilac, S. Kmodi, is large, with dense panicles, but is 
not preferred to the common lilac. The lilac was for- 
merly called pipe-tree or pipe -price!*, and blue-pipe, on ac- 
count of the large pith that could easily be bored out of 
the straight shoots to make pipe-stems. The common 
lilac has febrifugal properties. (See lilacine.) An oil is ex- 
tracted from it for use In perfumery. The name lilac has 
also been given to various plants having some resem- 
blance to the true lilac (see phrases below). 
A fountalne of white marble with a lead ccsterne, which 
fonnUlue is set round with six trees called lelaek trees. 
Survey of Nuntuch Palace-, 16M) (Arehaxilogia, 
(V. 4:t4). (Dariet.) 
2. The color of the common lilac-blossom ; a 
pale-purple color. A color-disk composed of one half 
artificial ultramarine, one sixth Chinese vermilion, and 
one third white will give a lilac. African lilac, Melia 
Aledarachj. Australian lilac, the labiate plants Prol- 
tanthera rMacea and P. lariunthot. Charles X. lilac, 
the variety grandijtora of S. vulgarut, a form with particu- 
larly large and fine panicles. German lilac, an old pro- 
vincial name for a valerian, probably the red valerian, Cm- 
tranthus ruber. Hungarian 111<m Same as Countettjo- 
tika'i lUac. See def. 1. Indian Him*, the crape-myrtle, 
Lagentraemia Indica, a beautiful lythraceous shrub from 
China, bearing large rose-colored flowers. It Is hardy in 
the latitude of Washington, D. ('. Sometimes, also, M'elia 
Azedarach. Victorian lilac. See Uardenbergia. Wect 
Indian lilac, Mclia Atedarach. 
II. a. Of the light-purple color of the flower 
of the common lilac. 
So Willy and I were wedded : I wore a lilac gown ; 
And the ringers rang with a will, and he gave the ringers 
a crown. Tennyton, The Grandmother. 
lilaceous (li-la'shius), a. [< lilac + -eous (ac- 
com. to -aeo).] Of the color of lilac : as, the 
liliireota throat of a humming-bird. 
lilac-gray (ll'lak-gra), n. A very pale violet 
color. A color-disk composed of one third artificial 
ultramarine and two thirds white might be called a lilac- 
(fray. 
lilacine (ir la-sin), . [< lilac + -i<- 2 .] In 
eheni., a bitter principle found in the lilac. 
lilac-mildew (iVlak-mil'du), n. A fungus, 
Mi< rosphtvra Friesii, infesting the leaves of the 
lilac. 
