Liken /(līk"'n)/

imp. & p. p. Likened; p. pr. & vb. n. Likening

1. To allege, or think, to be like; to represent as like; to compare; as, to liken life to a pilgrimage.

   Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock.

2. To make or cause to be like. [R.]