Usually means: Compared to show similarities with.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word likened:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. likened: Merriam-Webster
  2. likened: Collins English Dictionary
  3. likened: Vocabulary.com
  4. Likened, likened: Wordnik
  5. likened: Wiktionary
  6. Likened, likened: Dictionary.com
  7. Likened: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Likened: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. likened: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. likened: FreeDictionary.org
  11. likened: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. likened: Legal dictionary

(Note: See liken as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (liken)

verb:  (transitive)
verb:  Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
verb:  (also reflexive, rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
verb:  (rare) To represent or symbolize (something).
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.
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