n.
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of ilich, from Old English gel ī c like, alike, from ge-, associative prefix + l ī c body; akin to Old High German gil ī h like, alike, Lithuanian lygus like ― more at CO-
Date: 13th century
1 a : the same or nearly the same (as in appearance, character, or quantity) <suits of like design> ― formerly used with as, unto, of <it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren ― Hebrew 2:17(AV)> b chiefly British : closely resembling the subject or original <the portrait is very like >
2 : LIKELY <the importance of statistics as the one discipline like to give accuracy of mind ― H. J. Laski>