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ekedst

ekedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative 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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Questions about ekedst

What is ekedst the second-person singular simple past indicative of?
Ekedst is the second-person singular simple past indicative of eke.

Words near ekedst in the dictionary

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

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