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.
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