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liking\lik"ing\ (līk"&ibreve;ng), p. a. looking; appearing; as, better or worse liking. see like, to look. [obs.] why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort ? i. 10.
liking \lik"ing\, n.
1. the state of being pleasing; a suiting. see on liking, below. [obs. or prov. eng.]
2. the state of being pleased with, or attracted toward, some thing or person; hence, inclination; desire; pleasure; preference; -- often with for, formerly with to; as, it is an amusement i have no liking for. if the human intellect hath once taken a liking to any doctrine, it draws everything else into harmony with that doctrine, and to its support.
3. appearance; look; figure; state of body as to health or condition. [archaic] i shall think the worse of fat men, as long as i have an eye to make difference of men's liking. their young ones are in good liking. xxxix. 4.
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