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belike
verb 4noun 1adv 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
dead, token
VERB + BELIKE
reason
BELIKE + NOUN
castle, feigns, homer
Definitions
verb
1
To make like; simulate.
2
To be like; resemble.
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.
verb
1
To be pleasing to; please.
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. …"
2
To like; be pleased with.
noun
1
An object of affection or liking.
She will always be one of my belikes.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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.
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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. …"
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She will always be one of my belikes.
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It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.
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For that reason, belike, Homer feigns the three Graces to be linked and tied hand in hand, because the hearts of men are so firmly united with such graces.
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Good fellow, who inhabits here? I do. Belike this castle is not thine. Belike so//But be it whose it may, this is no haunt//For revellers and gallants—pass your way.
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