Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to liken
Participle: likened
Gerund: likening
Indicative
Present
| I | liken |
| you | liken |
| he;she;it | likens |
| we | liken |
| you | liken |
| they | liken |
Perfect
| I | have likened |
| you | have likened |
| he;she;it | has likened |
| we | have likened |
| you | have likened |
| they | have likened |
Past
| I | likened |
| you | likened |
| he;she;it | likened |
| we | likened |
| you | likened |
| they | likened |
Pluperfect
| I | had likened |
| you | had likened |
| he;she;it | had likened |
| we | had likened |
| you | had likened |
| they | had likened |
Future
| I | will liken |
| you | will liken |
| he;she;it | will liken |
| we | will liken |
| you | will liken |
| they | will liken |
Future Perfect
| I | will have likened |
| you | will have likened |
| he;she;it | will have likened |
| we | will have likened |
| you | will have likened |
| they | will have likened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | liken |
| you | liken |
| he;she;it | liken |
| we | liken |
| you | liken |
| they | liken |
Perfect
| I | have likened |
| you | have likened |
| he;she;it | have likened |
| we | have likened |
| you | have likened |
| they | have likened |
Imperfect
| I | likened |
| you | likened |
| he;she;it | likened |
| we | likened |
| you | likened |
| they | likened |
Pluperfect
| I | had likened |
| you | had likened |
| he;she;it | had likened |
| we | had likened |
| you | had likened |
| they | had likened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would liken |
| you | would liken |
| he;she;it | would liken |
| we | would liken |
| you | would liken |
| they | would liken |
Perfect
| I | would have likened |
| you | would have likened |
| he;she;it | would have likened |
| we | would have likened |
| you | would have likened |
| they | would have likened |
Imperative
| you | liken |
| we | Let's liken |
| you | liken |
Verbs conjugated like 'liken'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'liken'
lifen,
like,
liven,
lyken,
aken,
alien,
bike,
birken,
blicken,
dike,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1280, "to represent as like," from
like (adj.).
2. From Middle English liknen (“to be comparable; to compare (often disparagingly); to make (someone) equal to another person; to regard (something) as equal to another thing; to regard (something) as likely; to resemble; to take (something) as a substitute; to apply, be adapted or suitable; to tend (to sin)”) [and other forms], from liken (“to be comparable; to compare; to be appropriate; to form”), from lik (“alike, analogous, similar; appropriate, suitable; equal; homogeneous; identical, the same; indicative; likely (to be or do something), probable; possible; simultaneous; more or most like (?)”) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Lik is derived from Old English ġelīċ (“like, similar”), from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz (“like, similar; equal”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“like, similar; even, level”). The English word is analysable as like (adjective) + -en (suffix forming verbs with the sense ‘to make [adjective]’).
Verbs referencing "liken"
Danish
ligne.
Sample Sentences
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[...] like the French coaches, but not nearly so good. In lieu of springs, they are hung on bands of the strongest leather. There is very little choice or difference between them; and they may be likened to the car portion of the swings at an English fair, roofed, put upon axle-trees and wheels, and curtained with painted canvas. They are covered with mud from the roof to the wheel-tire, and have [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)