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Eke

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) 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.

(2):

(adv.) In addition; also; likewise.

(3):

(n.) An addition.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Eke'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/eke.html. 1828.