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eked

eked is the simple past and past participle of eke.

Meaning of eke

Verb

eke (third-person singular simple present ekes, present participle eking or ekeing, simple past and past participle eked)

  1. (transitive) Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.
    • Is not enough, that thruſt from heauen dew / Here endleſſe penaunce for one fault I pay, / But that redoubled crime with vengeaunce new / Thou biddeſt me to eeke?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42, page 72

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Phrases with eked

Questions about eked

What is eked the simple past and past participle of?
Eked is the simple past and past participle of eke.

Words near eked in the dictionary

  1. eke
  2. eke out
  3. ekeberginine
  4. ekebergite
  5. ekecheiria
  6. eked
  7. eked out
  8. ekedst
  9. Ekegusii
  10. ekeing
  11. ekeing out

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