Eked vs False - What's the difference?
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(eke)
To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen.
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(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.
(obsolete) Also.
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun eked
is .As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.eked
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *eke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(ek)- Here endlesse penance for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeance new / Thou biddest me to eeke ?
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Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Adverb
(-)- '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.
- 'John Gilpin was a citizen / of credit and renown / A train-band captain eke was he / of famous London town.'
See also
* eke outAnagrams
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Adjective
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