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eke | eeke |

As adverbs the difference between eke and eeke

is that eke is also while eeke is obsolete spelling of eke.

As a verb eke

is to increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.

As a noun eke

is an addition.

eke

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Verb

(ek)
  • To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
  • *
    • Here endlesse penance for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeance new / Thou biddest me to eeke ?
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date=2012-07-11 , year= , first= , last= , author=Ben Perry , authorlink= , title=Branson's spaceship steals the spotlight at airshow , site=Yahoo News citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-07-12 , passage=British tycoon Richard Branson stole the show here Wednesday, announcing that he and his family would be on Virgin Galactic's first trip into space, as Airbus and Boeing eked out more plane orders. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An addition.
  • * Geddes
    • Clumsy ekes that may well be spared.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Also.
  • * 1663 ,
    • 'Tis false: for Arthur wore in hall / Round-table like a farthingal, / On which, with shirt pull'd out behind, / And eke before, his good knights dined.
  • * 1782 ,
    • 'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'

    See also

    * eke out

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    eeke

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1567 , author=Ovid , title=Metamorphosis citation , chapter=Epistle , page=1 , passage=For whatsoever hath bene writ of auncient tyme in greeke / By sundry men dispersedly, and in the latin eeke ... }}