Definition for EKE

EKE, adv. [Sax. eac; D. ook; G. auch; Sw. och; Dan. og; W. ac; L. ac, and, also. This seems to be the same word as the verb, and to denote, add, join, or addition. Ch. אחה, to join.]

Also; likewise; in addition. Twill be prodigious hard to prove, / That this is eke the throne of love. Prior. [This word is nearly obsolete, being used only in poetry of the familiar and ludicrous kind.]

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