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eft

noun
/ɛft/

Etymology

From Middle English eft, from Old English eft, æft, from Proto-West Germanic *afti, from Proto-Germanic *afti. Cognate with Old Saxon eft, aft, eht (“again, afterwards”), Middle Low German echt (“again, afterward”). Compare English after, aft.

  1. inherited from *afti✻
  2. inherited from *afti✻
  3. inherited from eft
  4. inherited from eft

Definitions

  1. A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of…

    A newt, especially a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris, syn. Triturus punctatus), of Europe.

    • Only these marishes and myrie bogs, / In which the fearefull ewftes do build their bowres, / Yeeld me an hostry mongst the croking frogs […].
    • How did he like it when the live creatures Tickled and toused and browsed him all over, And worm, slug, eft, with serious features Came in, each one, for his right of trover?

  2. Again

    Again; afterwards

    • And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light,[…]

  3. Initialism of electronic funds transfer.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various…

      Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”).

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA