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Verb: liken  lI-kun
  1. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
    "We can liken the Han dynasty to the Romans";
    - compare, equate

Sounds like: lieu, looiken, li

Derived forms: likens, likened, likening

Type of: consider, study

Encyclopedia: Liken