Eked vs Eke - What's the difference?

eked | eke |

As nouns the difference between eked and eke

is that eked is while eke is .

eked

English

Verb

(head)

(eke)

Anagrams

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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 ?

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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.'

Anagrams

* English palindromes ----

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 ----