AKE, verb intransitive Less properly written ache. [See Ache.]
1. To be in pain; usually, in pain of some continuance.
2. To feel distress of mind; to be grieved; as, the heart akes.
AKE, noun Continued pain, less severe than is expressed by pang, agony, and torment; as, the tooth-ake; head-ake. It is commonly used in composition with the name of the part affected, as head-ake.
A'KER, noun [Gr., Latin ager.]
Originally an open field. But in G. Britain the quantity of land in the aker is fixed by statute at four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards, making one hundred and sixty square rods, perches or poles; and this is the quantity of land it contains in the United States of America. [See Acre.]
AKIN', adjective [a or of and kin. See Kin.]
1. Related by blood, used of persons; as, the two families are near akin
2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; as, envy and jealousy are near akin [This adjective is used only after the noun.]
A'KING, participle present tense Having continued pain; suffering distress of mind, or grief.
A'KING, noun Continued pain, or distress of mind.