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Main Entry: (3)like
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of ilich, from Old English gelIc like, alike, from ge-, associative prefix + lIc body; akin to Old High German gilIh like, alike, Lithuanian lygus like -- more at CO-
Date: 13th century
1 a : the same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity) <suits of like design> -- formerly used with as, unto, of <it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren -- Heb 2:17(Authorized Version)
b : chiefly British : closely resembling the subject or original <the portrait is very like>
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
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