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Definition of Eke

Eke
Eke Eke, n. An addition. [R.] Clumsy ekes that may well be spared. --Geddes.
Eke
Eke Eke ([=e]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eked; p. pr. & vb. n. Eking.] [AS. [=e]kan, [=y]kan; akin to OFries, [=a]ka, OS. ?kian, OHG. ouhh[=o]n to add, Icel. auka to increase, Sw. ["o]ka, Dan. ["o]ge, Goth. aukan, L. augere, Skr. ?jas strength, ugra mighty, and probably to English wax, v. i. Cf. Augment, Nickname.] 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. ``To eke my pain.' --Spenser. He eked out by his wits an income of barely fifty pounds. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Eke from wikipedia

- Look up eke in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Eke or EKE may refer to: Eke, Gotland, Sweden Eke, Belgium, a town in Nazareth, Belgium Eke (name), a...
- Eke is the name of the following people: Eke Uzoma (born 1989), Nigerian footballer ʻAisake Eke, Tongan Alexander Eke (1912–2004), British basketball...
- Mercy Eke // (born 29 September 1990), is a Nigerian media personality, actress, video vixen and entrepreneur from Imo State. She won season 4 of Big...
- John Wicktor Eke (12 March 1886 – 11 June 1964) was a Swedish long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He won a bronze medal...
- A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with...
- the administrative Eke District, established on 1 January 2016. Eke is situated in the southeast part of Gotland. The medieval Eke Church is located in...
- Charity Eke, po****rly known as Chacha Eke Faani, is a Nigerian actress from Ebonyi State, a state in the southeastern part of Nigeria. Her rise to fame...
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- Algı Eke (born 16 September 1985) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for Galip Derviş Turkish adaptation of Monk. She was born on 16 September 1985...
- Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation (transl. Singularity School Foundation; abbr. EVF) is the prin****l organisation of the Ekal Abhiyan project, a one teacher school...