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v. Present participle of liken.

n. the act of comparing similarities

"A son of former U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley, Michael has cut a distinctive figure in Italy with his shaved head, his New Jersey roots and a nickname likening him to Omar Bradley, the famed World War II general."

likened    likenes    likening    likens   

consider    study   

likened    likening   

compare    assimilate   

Steichen    lichen