Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Liken

Liken (līk"'n) , transitive verb

[Old English liknen. See Like, a.]

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. — Matt. vii. 24
2.
To make or cause to be like. [Rare] — Brougham