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ake¹

  • /eɪk/

Sounds like ache · Rhymes with -eɪk

Where it comes from

From Middle English aken, from Old English acan (“to ache”), from Proto-West Germanic *akan, from Proto-Germanic *akaną (“to ache”). More at ache.

verb akes · aking · aked · oke

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of ache ... for let our finger ake, / And it endues our other heathfull members — Othello (Quarto 1), Shakespeare, 1622

noun akes

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of ache The ake of months of a growing firenlust became a rising queem til at last there was the burst of loosing that almost made his knees buckle.

ake²

noun akes

  1. Cornwall, obsolete The groove made in a stone forming part of a killock. Returning with the timber portions of his anchor, to the stone, he would assemble all together […] The ake would be the slightly hollowed part of the stone that fitted closely to the sides […]

ake³

  • /ɑːˈkeɪ/

Rhymes with -eɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Māori ake.

adverb

  1. New Zealand, not comparable forever The answer given was : — " Friends, this is the reply of the Maori : we shall fight on ake, ake, ake, for ever, for ever, for ever."

Ake⁴

proper noun

  1. A Nigerian Plateau language.

    Similar: Aike

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"ake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ake. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ake. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ake

Chicago

"ake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ake.

BibTeX
@misc{ake_2026,
  title = {ake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}