ake
Americanverb (used without object)
Example Sentences
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On February 4, Miyasaka once again declared an "open sea" or "ake no umi", meaning little chance one would appear before spring.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
The course was supposed to ake five years, but Medina tossed it off in three.
From Time Magazine Archive
The frightening idea really began to ake hold on June 24, 1947.
From Time Magazine Archive
He shall be ryd of the toth ake, 1st edit.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
I turn me wholly to ye, And talk now till thy tongue ake, I will hear ye.
From Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis
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