Definitions
1.VerbFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber."
2.VerbFollowed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare."The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber."
3.VerbChiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.
4.VerbTo represent or symbolize (something).
5.VerbFollowed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.