To like of

To like of
Like Like (l[imac]k), v. i. 1. To be pleased; to choose. [1913 Webster]

He may either go or stay, as he best likes. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

2. To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

You like well, and bear your years very well. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under {Like}, a. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]

{To like of}, to be pleased with. [Obs.] --Massinger. [1913 Webster]


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