Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
ache . - Everlasting; eternal.
- A Middle English form of
each . - An obsolete form of
eke .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Each.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
increase orenlarge . - adjective obsolete
Eternal ;everlasting .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In condigne stile and phrase eche thing in euery line,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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In condigne stile and phrase eche thing in euery line,
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Josie always settled once the car got moving, and was usually fast asleep by the time Caroline dropped her off at the cr ` eche.
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This done, eche man his Candell lightes, where chiefest seemeth hee,
Leap Year -- Day John 2008
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And than the Chane bad his seconde sone to breke hem; and so schortly too alle, eche aftre other: but non of hem myght breke hem.
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And to alle the lordes of the emperoures lynage, eche aftre other, as ben of estate.
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But his sustre fulfilled not his wille: for als sone as he was ded, sche delyvered alle the lordes out of presoun, and lete hem gon, eche lord to his owne; and tolde hem alle the purpos of hire brothers ordynance: and so was this cursed kyng never made sorwe for, as he supposed for to have ben.
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Because, quothe thei, that thei weren departed eche from other.
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And whan the philosophres han don and perfourmed here commandementes, thanne the mynstralle begynnen to don here mynstralcye, everyche in hire instrumentes, eche aftre other, with alle the melodye that thei can devyse.
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And than the preestes casten the gobettes of the flesche; and than the foules eche of hem takethe that he may, and gothe a litille thens and etethe it: and so thei don whils ony pece lastethe of the dede body.
fbharjo commented on the word eche
to eke out: Merchant of Venice - "Let Fortune go to hell for it, not I. I speak too long, but 'tis to peize the time, To eche it, and to draw it out in length,..."
March 28, 2009