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likening

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The act by which things are likened; a comparison.

    I sometimes, in musing mood, find myself making spontaneous likenings of inanimate to animate nature, comparing the qualities of things to the qualities of men[…]

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of liken
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