Dictionary entry

Like (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Like, adv. [AS. gelīce. See Like, a.] 1. In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.

He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. Job xii. 25.

Like, as here used, is regarded by some grammarians as a preposition.

2. In a like or similar manner. Shak.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Ps. ciii. 13.

3. Likely; probably. “Like enough it will.” Shak.