AKE, v.i. 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, n. 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.
