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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

alike adj. (now almost always used predic.). OE. ġelīċ (ME. ilich(e), ilik(e); a-forms from XIV) :- Gmc. *ʒa- Y- + *līkam form (see LIKE2); for the development of OE. ġe- to a- cf. AFFORD, AWARE. Cf. LIKE1.
So alike adv. OE. ġelīċe. In ME. both words were prob. infl. by ON. adj. álikr, adv. álika and corr. OE. onlīċe, ME. anlich(e), in which the pref. is Gmc. *ana- (see ON).

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alike

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·like / əˈlīk/ • adj. (of two or more subjects) similar to each other: the brothers were very much alike the houses all looked alike. • adv. in the same or a similar way: the girls dressed alike in black pants and jackets. ∎ used to show that something applies equally to a number of specified subjects: he talked in a friendly manner to staff and patients alike.

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alike

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

alike •alike, bike, dyke, haik, hike, kike, like, mic, mike, mislike, pike, psych, psyche, shrike, spike, strike, trike, tyke, Van Dyck, vandyke •pushbike • motorbike • Klondike •Thorndike • Updike • hitchhike •crablike • lamblike •fanlike, manlike, panlike •trap-like • catlike • starlike • calf-like •glass-like, grass-like •branch-like • plant-like • thread-like •gem-like • deathlike • waiflike •vein-like • wraithlike • fiendlike •leaf-like • dreamlike • queen-like •sheeplike • witchlike • sylphlike •piglike •springlike, string-like, wing-like •lip-like • princelike • ladylike •businesslike • lifelike • childlike •Christlike, vice-like •knob-like •godlike, rod-like •doglike • rock-like • swanlike •foxlike • warlike • lord-like •horselike • globe-like •dome-like, homelike •ghostlike • rose-like • toylike •root-like • tooth-like • hood-like •wolf-like • hook-like •wool-like • suchlike • sponge-like •nunlike, sunlike •dovelike • lion-like • flower-like •soundalike • lookalike •statesmanlike • seamanlike •sportsmanlike • womanlike •workmanlike • fatherlike • worm-like •handspike • garpike • marlinspike •turnpike

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