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like unto en · ADP

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  1. (archaic, in adjective or adverb phrases that express resemblance) like, similar to
    • Truly, the first condition is indispensable, That Wisdom be there: but the second is like unto it, is properly one with it. 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 3, chapter 12, Reward:
    • And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water; and they were built after a manner that they were exceeding tight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish. 1830, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, Ether:
    • In the Heavens, in the Earth, in the Waters, under the Earth, is none like unto thee. 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, Book 1, chapter 6, Aristocracy of Talent:
  2. (in adjectival prepositional phrases expressing conformity or conformableness, obsolete) conforming to, conformable to
    • I think all things to be damage, or loss, for the excellent knowledge's sake of Christ Jesus my Lord...and to know also the fellowship of his passions, that I might be made like unto his death. a. 1536, William Tyndale, Expositions and notes on sundry portions of the Holy Scriptures, published 1849, Exposition of Matthew:
  3. (in adverbial prepositional phrases following verbs or participles of making, obsolete, qualifier:conforming; or thinking; conforming; or thinking) like
    • Go to then, and desire God to print this profession in thine heart, and to increase it daily more and more; that thou mayest be full shapen like unto the image of Christ, in knowledge and love. a. 1536, William Tyndale, Expositions and notes on sundry portions of the Holy Scriptures, published 1849, Exposition of Matthew: