eft

¹ American  

[eft] / ɛft /

noun

1. a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens red eft, in its immature terrestrial stage.

2. Obsolete. a lizard.

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eft ² American  

[eft] / ɛft /

adverb

Archaic.

1. again.

2. afterward.

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EFT ³ American  

Or EFTS

1. electronic funds transfer.

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eft ¹ British  

/ ɛft /

adverb

1. archaic

   1. again

   2. afterwards

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eft ² British  

/ ɛft /

noun

1. a dialect or archaic name for a newt

2. any of certain terrestrial newts, such as Diemictylus viridescens ( red eft ) of eastern North America

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Etymology

Origin of eft¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English evet(e), Old English efete; cf. newt

Origin of eft²

First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; akin to aft ¹, after

Example Sentences

Center fielder Harrison Bader, back from the injured list just a day earlier, l eft after a ninth-inning collision with Kiner-Falefa.

From Washington Times • May 4, 2023

The following players lhave eft Pac-12 schools to join USC during coach Lincoln Riley’s tenure:

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

The Cyclones’ last five field goals are 3s, but the Virginia is still up 39-26 with less than three minutes eft in the half.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2016

The king eft ſone, within a litill ſpace, His Iornay makith haith frome place to place, He goes to Camelot, and finds the clerks assembled.

From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

He cw�� �a eft, "H�lend Crist, ic �ancige �e mid inweardre heortan, ��t ic m�t faran into �inum rice."

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham