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Meaning of 'eke' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eke [ adv.]
- In addition; also; likewise.
2 . Eke [ n.]
- An addition.
3 . Eke [ 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.

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