[f. LIKE v.2 + -ING1.] The condition of being like or likely. a. quasi-concr. Something that is like; a resemblance. b. Phr. In liking: likely to (do something).
1340. Ayenb., 47. Þe likinges [F. figures] and þe ymaginacions of zenne.
1599. Lett., in Harington, Nugæ Ant., 47. I am in liking to get Erasmus for your Entertainmente.
