likeness
To depictTo depict.
» He bears a strong likeness to my son.
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1 senses(archaic)To depict.
Examples
7 sentencesHe bears a strong likeness to my son.
A painter could not better describe his likeness.
Humans created gods in their own image and likeness.
My child, flee from every evil thing, and from every likeness of it.
I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
ruЯ думаю, что если дьявол не существует и, стало быть, создал его человек, то создал он его по своему образу и подобию. — paul_lingvo
Origin
From Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being liFrom Middle English liknesse, from Old English līcness, ġelīcnes (“the quality of being like or equal; likeness; image; copy; pattern; example; parable”), from Proto-West Germanic *galīkanassī (“likeness”), equivalent to like + -ness.
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Forms
likenesses, likenessing, likenessed, likenessed| Base form | likeness · to likeness |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | likenesses |
| Present participle | likenessing |
| Past simple | likenessed |
| Past participle | likenessed |
regular · Lesson
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.