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Language: Old English
Origin: gelic

like

6 adjective
     
like6 S1 W3 [only before noun] formal
1 similar in some way:
The second dispute was sorted out in a like manner.
They get on well together because they are of like mind.
Try to buy two fish of like size.
2

be like to do something

old use to be likely to do something
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