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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liken.

"One bland, doll-like Madonna (by Sánchez Cotán, the fruit-and-vegetable man) is prettily framed by a yellow full-body halo, or mandorla, which a discreet wall label likens to the birth canal."

likened    likenes    likening    likens   

consider    study   

likened    likening   

compare    assimilate   

Steichen    lichen