Eft Definition

ĕft
noun
Webster's New World
A newt in its juvenile terrestrial stage, especially the reddish-orange form of the North American species Notophthalmus viridescens.
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adverb
Again.
Webster's New World
Afterward.
Webster's New World
1384, John Wycliffe, Bible (Wycliffe): Mark, ii, 1,
And eft he entride in to Cafarnaum, aftir eiyte daies.
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1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XXI.
And so effte he hyd the swerde, and returned agayne and tolde the Kynge that he had bene at the watir and done hys commaundement.
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1557, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The Fourth Book of Virgil,
And when they were all gone, / And the dim moon doth eft withhold the light...
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abbreviation
Electronic fund transfer.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Eft

Noun

Singular:
eft
Plural:
EFTS

Origin of Eft

  • From Old English eft, from Proto-Germanic *aftiz. Compare after, aft.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English evete from Old English efeta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English efeta, of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

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