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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make unlike or describe as being unlike. transitive

   ""To unliken them would make nonsense of any poem," I said."

Antonyms

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liken

Example

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""To unliken them would make nonsense of any poem," I said."

Etymology

From Middle English unliknen, equivalent to un- + liken.

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