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Definition eke
Etymology 1
From Middle English eken (“to increase”), from Old English ?ecan, ?can or Old English ?acan (“to increase”), from Proto-Germanic *aukan? (“increase”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwg-e-ti, from *h?ewg- (“to increase”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål øke, Danish øge, Icelandic auka, Swedish öka, Latin auge?, Old English ?ac (“also”).
Verb
eke (third-person singular simple present ekes, present participle eking, simple past and past participle eked)
Noun
eke (plural ekes)
- (obsolete) An addition.
Etymology 2
From Middle English eke, eake (“an addition”), from Old English ?aca (“an addition, increase, advantage, usury, interest”), from Proto-Germanic *aukô (“an addition, increase”). Akin to Old Frisian ?ka (“addition, increase, bonus”), Old Norse auki (“increase, growth, proliferation”).
Noun
eke (plural ekes)
- (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 Middle English eek (“also”), from Old English ?ac, ?c (“also”), from Proto-Germanic *auk (“also”). Akin to Saterland Frisian uk, ook (“also”), West Frisian ek (“also”), Dutch ook (“also”), German auch (“also”), Swedish ock (“also”).
Adverb
eke (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Also.
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