Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To make like; simulate.

  2. (transitive)To be like; resemble.

  3. (impersonal)To be pleasing to; please.

  4. (transitive)To like; be pleased with.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

belikes, beliking, beliked, beliked

regular · Lesson

Base formbelike · to belike
3rd person singularbelikes
Present participlebeliking
Past simplebeliked
Past participlebeliked

Tenses

belike · beliked · will belike · have beliked

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybelike
he, she, itbelikes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beliked
he, she, ithas beliked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill belike

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeliked

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbeliked

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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