Definition of Eke
Pronunciation:
ēk
v. t.
1.
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
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Eked
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Eking
.]
He
eked
out
by
his
wits
an
income
of
barely
fifty
pounds
.
- Macaulay.
adv.
1.
In
addition
;
also
;
likewise
.
'
T
will
be
prodigious
hard
to
prove
That
this
is
eke
the
throne
of
love
.
- Prior.
A
trainband
captain
eke
was
he
Of
famous
London
town
.
- Cowper.
n.
1.
An
addition
.
Clumsy
ekes
that
may
well
be
spared
.
- Geddes.
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