Home › Words › B › belikebelikebelike means to make like; simulate.EtymologyFrom Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like.verbTo make like; simulate.To be like; resemble.e.g.“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.” — 2000, Helen May Dennis, Ezra Pound and poetic influence:To be pleasing to; please.e.g.“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. …"” — 1903, The story of King Arthur and his knightsTo like; be pleased with.nounAn object of affection or liking.e.g.“She will always be one of my belikes.”advLikely, probably, perhaps, haply.e.g.“It seems, you lov'd not her, to leave her token: / She's dead, belike.” — c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.similize 65% match — To liken; to compare. vs belike →resemble 65% match — To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar. vs belike →belieflike 65% match — Resembling a belief. vs belike →likee 63% match — To like (to have affection for). vs belike →similarize 62% match — To make similar. vs belike →semble 61% match — To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. vs belike →playlike 61% match — Resembling or characteristic of a play (dramatic production). vs belike →bly 61% match — Likeness; resemblance; look aspect; species; character. vs belike →