Eke, adv. [AS. eác; akin to OFries. ák, OS. �k, D. �ok, OHG. ouh, G. auch, Icel. auk, Sw. och and, Dan. og, Goth. auk for, but. Prob. from the preceding verb.] In addition; also; likewise.
'T will be prodigious hard to prove
That this is eke the throne of love. Prior.
A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town. Cowper.
☞ Eke serves less to unite than to render prominent a subjoined more important sentence or notion. Mätzner.