apeak

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apeak

/əˈpiːk/

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From French à pic (“at its summit; vertically”), compare with Italian a picco.

adverb apeek

not comparable, of an anchor In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it. Thus the good we should cherish, the bad never seek, / For death will too soon bring each anchor apeak.

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@misc{apeak_2026,
  title = {apeak},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apeak},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}