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Word: likens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lamar can't help but liken this year's Yardling squad to the Freshmen of 1946--a team composed of such present Varsity performers as Jim Kenary, Hal Moffle, George Goodrich, Dick Guldera, Doug Bradlee and Rocky Stone. In action, size, and experience the present squad bears a startling resemblance to his 1946 team...

Author: By Doug Fouquet, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/23/1948 | See Source »

...Pick out the item which violates a positive rule or characteristic of the other five: adjacent, conform, deprive, liken, oblivious, prior...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...word that doesn't fit in that grouping is "liken," an Anglo-Saxon derivative. All the others . . . are formed from Latin roots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

...Deprive" would be possible, proceeding on this hypothesis: conform to, liken to, prior to, oblivious to, but deprive of ... The reason for selecting "adjacent" completely eludes me. A misprint, a bad question, or are we "oblivious" to something quite obvious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 7, 1948 | 6/7/1948 | See Source »

adjacent conform deprive liken oblivious prior

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Best by Test | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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