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Eke [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Also, likewise; in addition.

2. 'Twill be prodigious hard to prove,

3. That this is eke the throne of love.

4. [This word is nearly obsolete, being used only in poetry of the familiar and ludicrous kind.]

Eke [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To increase; to enlarge; as, to eke a store of provisions.

2. To add to; to supply what is wanted; to enlarge by addition; sometimes with out; as, to eke or eke out a piece of cloth; to eke out a performance.

3. To lengthen; to prolong; as, to eke out the time.

Eke [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In addition; also; likewise.

Eke [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An addition.

Eke [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.

Ekebergite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A variety of scapolite.

Eked [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Increased; lengthened.

Eked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Eke

Ekename [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An additional or epithet name; a nickname.

Ekerbergite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A mineral, supposed to be a variety of scapolite.