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Belike

adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Likely, probably, perhaps, haply. Northern-England, archaic, dialectal, especially, not-comparable

    "It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with considerable certainty; without much doubt wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An object of affection or liking.

    "She will always be one of my belikes."

Verb
  1. 1
    To make like; simulate. transitive
  2. 2
    To be pleasing to; please. impersonal

    "Yea," said King Arthur, " it belikes me more than any horse that I ever beheld before." " Then," quoth Queen Morgana, "consider it as a gift of reconciliation betwixt thee and me. …""

  3. 3
    To be like; resemble. transitive

    "The most beautiful passages of Arnaut are in the canzo beginning: Sweet cries and cracks and lays and chants inflected By auzels who, in their Latin belikes."

  4. 4
    To like; be pleased with. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like.

Etymology 2

From be- + like.

Etymology 3

From be- + like.

Etymology 4

From be- + like.

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