liken

verb4

1. •
   Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.

   • The physics teacher likened the effect of mass on space to an indentation in a sheet of rubber.
2. •
   [with oneself] (rare) Chiefly followed by to: to make (oneself, someone, or something) resemble another person or thing.

   • Speech is reason's brother, and a kingly prerogative of man, / That likeneth him to his Maker, who spake, and it was done. — 1838
3. •
   (rare) To represent or symbolize (something).
4. •
   (no longer used) Followed by to: to be like or resemble; also, to become like.