| affect | love, like, be fond of |
| affect | incline to, like, favour, be drawn to |
| Amazonian | Amazon-like; beardless, hairless |
| anticly, antiquely | grotesquely, like a buffoon, in an antic manner |
| apish | ape-like in copying, stupidly imitative |
| approve | prove guilty, convict |
| backsword | a basket-hilted sword with a single-edged blade and a thin back; later, a sword-like stick with a basketwork hilt, used in fencing practice |
| bare-boned | like a skeleton, fleshless |
| batty | bat-like |
| bauble | like a toy, paltry, insignificant |
| beastly | like an animal, in a beastly manner |
| beastly | beast-like, brutish, abominable |
| beetle | overhang, project [like threatening eyebrows] |
| bias | swollen like the biased side of a bowl |
| bill | [applied to various kinds of long-handled spear-like weapon] halberd; bill-hook |
| blame | blameworthy, culpable, guilty |
| blameful | guilty, blameworthy, shameful |
| brass, braze | harden (like brass) |
| braze | harden (like brass) |
| bugle | bead-like, beady, glittering |
| care | want, like, wish |
| carrion | lean as carrion, skeleton-like; or: putrefying |
| champion | flat and open, like a plain |
| childish | child-like, befitting childhood |
| chirurgeonly | like a surgeon |
| chorus-like | in the manner of a chorus, like a running commentary |
| church-like | pious, devout, devotional |
| cicatrice | scar, scar-like mark |
| clear | innocent, blameless, free from fault, not guilty |
| clerk-like | in the ways of learning, in scholarly ways |
| colossus-wise | like a colossus, with legs astride |
| convict | prove guilty, condemn |
| convince | convict, prove guilty |
| corslet | hold tightl embrace [like a corslet = defensive armour] |
| coxcomb | fool's cap [with a crest like a cock's crest] |
| cry | [hunting] call like a hound |
| cullionly | like a cullion [= rogue], rascally, despicable |
| dart | hurl like an arrow |
| dead | death-like, lifeless, spiritless |
| deadly | deathly, death-like |
| death-token | fatal symptom, death-like sign |
| demi-puppet | tiny puppet, dwarf-like creature |
| desired | liked, admired, esteemed |
| dog | follow closely, pursue like a dog |
| down-gyved | hanging down like fetters [gyves] |
| dragonish | shaped like a dragon |
| dungy | dung-like; or: vile, filthy, loathsome |
| ear | at odds, fighting like beasts |
| envy | admiration, desire [to be like], jealousy |
| face-royal | majestic face, face like a king |
| faintly | like a coward, fearfully |
| fair | well, in a good hand, elegantly [like a clerk] |
| fancy | like, love, admire |
| faulty | guilty, blameworthy, culpable |
| ferret | ferret-like, red, blazing |
| ferret | worry [like a ferret], hunt after |
| fiery | spreading like fire |
| figure | reproduce, look like, shape like |
| flap-dragon | swallow like a flap-dragon |
| flint | flint-like, hard, merciless |
| foolish | like an idiot, lacking in sense |
| forfeiter | defaulter, person guilty of breaking an agreement |
| fornicatress | woman guilty of fornication |
| fox | type of sword [perhaps with a fox-like engraving on it] |
| gently | like a gentleman, honourably, with dignity |
| giglot | whore-like, fickle, giddy |
| go | be [like], suggest, present itself |
| gossip-like | gossiping, tattling, chattering |
| greenly | unskilfully, like an amateur |
| greenly | like an inexperienced youth, timidly, sheepishly |
| guilty | shameful, culpable, reprehensible |
| guilty | responsible [for], answerable [for] |
| haggard-like | wild, unmanageable, untrainable |
| haggish | like a hag, ugly, repulsive |
| hawking | hawk-like, sharp, alert |
| hem | [drinking call] make a noise like ‘ahem’; clear the throat |
| hem | make a noise like ‘hmm’ or ‘ahem’ |
| hem | make a noise like ‘hmm’ |
| humour | like the mood of, find enjoyable, indulge |
| jack-dog | mongrel, currish, mutt-like |
| jade | drive like worn-out hacks |
| jovial | majestic, like Jove [Jupiter] |
| lady | lady-like, effeminately delicate, aristocratic |
| lazar-like | like leprosy, leprous |
| leathern | leather-like |
| leperous | infected, poisoned, leprosy-like |
| lief | should like just as much |
| like | identity, equivalent, counterpart |
| like | same, similar, alike, equal |
| like | likely, probable / probably |
| like | please, suit |
| like | be impressed [by], make a choice |
| like | nearly, almost |
| like | find, think of |
| like | liken, make like, make resemble |
| like | equally, similarly, also |
| like | admire, enjoy, derive pleasure from |
| like | very likely |
| like | resemble, look like, take after |
| like | thrive, look, do |
| like | love |
| like | as if |
| like | like-minded, harmonious |
| like | alike, in the same way, identically |
| like | the same |
| like | similar to, comparable with |
| like | just as |
| liking | lustful affection, sexual attraction |
| liking | bodily shape, good condition |
| liking | approving, consent, acquiescence |
| liking | desire, will, pleasure |
| limekiln, lime-kiln | limestone-like deposit, white lump |
| list | wish, like, please |
| look | look on, act like a spectator |
| mankind | man-like woman, virago; or: mad, furious, infuriated |
| mankind | man-like, mannish |
| marbled | shining like marble; reminiscent of marble |
| medlar | apple-like fruit eaten when its flesh has begun to decay [also: pun on ‘meddler’] |
| mewl | mew [like a cat]; or: cry feebly |
| mince | walk like a lady, walk with delicate short steps |
| mortal-staring | with death-like glare, lethally penetrating |
| mortise | fit together, join tightly [like pieces of wood] |
| mussel-shell | empty-head, gaping idiot [with mouth open like a mussel-shell] |
| natural | like a half-wit, idiotically |
| nuncle | child-like shortening of ‘mine uncle’; guardian, master |
| orbed | rounded, orb-like, spherical |
| page | follow like a page |
| pair-taunt-like | like a winning hand in the card game ‘post and pair’ |
| penthouse | like a lean-to shed |
| penthouse-like | like a projecting roof |
| pitch | black tar-like substance [used to waterproof planks, etc; often, a symbol of defilement] |
| poleaxe, sledded | battle-axe made like a sledge-hammer |
| porringer | hat shaped like a pudding basin or soup-bowl |
| precious-princely | like the precious character of a prince |
| prince | behave like a prince, act royally |
| quoit | throw, pitch, chuck [like a quoit] |
| racking | wind-driven, passing like smoke |
| relish | liking, taste, inclination |
| relish | appreciate, like, approve of |
| remorseful | conscience-stricken, guilty, full of sorrow |
| rheumatic | with symptoms of rheum [watery discharge], catarrhal, cold-like |
| riddle-like | in the manner of a riddle, hiding the truth of a situation |
| ripe | red and full like ripe fruit |
| roguing | living like rogues, villainous, rascally |
| roping | forming rope-like threads, drooping |
| rose over | colour over like a rose, make rosy |
| royal | like a king, majestic |
| rustically | like a rustic, in a countrified way |
| sackbut | type of bass trumpet, with a trombone-like slide |
| Sagittary | [pron: 'sajitari] centaur-like being that fought in the Trojan army against the Greeks |
| scarf | wrap round like a scarf or sash |
| sea-like | in sea-going trim; or: like a stormy sea |
| semblable | similar, like, comparable |
| semblative | resembling, looking like |
| shark up | [like a shark] gather together indiscriminately, collect hastily and uncritically |
| sheaved | made of straw; gathered up like a sheaf |
| shelly | shell-like, shell-covered |
| ship-tire | fashionable head-dress shaped like a ship |
| show | appear, look [like], present [as] |
| shrewishly | like a woman, shrilly, sharply |
| sistering | acting like a sister; matching, corresponding |
| sluggardized | like a sluggard, made lazy |
| smack | have a taste, like the flavour |
| smoke | spread like mist, grow misty |
| snaily | snail-like |
| spaniel | fawn upon, follow [like a spaniel] |
| spaniel-like | fawningly, slavishly, like a tame dog |
| sphery | star-like, heavenly, celestial |
| spotted | person deemed guilty, one marked out for death |
| squire-like | like an attendant, submissively |
| steeled | hardened like steel, toughened |
| stickler-like | like a tournament umpire |
| strangely | like a stranger, distantly, in an unfriendly manner |
| strawy | like straw, worthless as straw |
| surety-like | like a guarantor, proxy-like |
| sympathize | resemble, be like, have an affinity with |
| this | in this way, thus, like this |
| thorny-pricking | prickly, barbed, pricking like a thorn |
| thought | think what you like |
| thrill | pass like a shiver, tremble |
| tinder-like | quick-tempered, inflammable, volatile |
| toad-spotted | spotted like the toad [as if with poison] |
| tropically | figuratively, like a trope [a figure of speech] |
| urchin-snouted | with nose like a hedgehog |
| vastly | like a wasteland, in desolation |
| villain-like | like a serf; or: like a rogue |
| vizard-like | like a mask, expressionless |
| wanton | feminine; or: child-like |
| water-gall | rainbow-like halo |
| well-liking | thriving, healthy, in good condition |
| wench-like | girlish, womanish, effeminate |
| will | desire, wish, liking, inclination |
| with | like |
| wolvish-ravening | devouring like a wolf |
| woman | make behave like a woman, weep |
| womby | womb-like, hollow, cavernous |