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Eft

//ɛft// adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Again; afterwards not-comparable, obsolete

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

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    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 […]."

  2. 2
    Initialism of electronic funds transfer. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    a newt in its terrestrial stage of development wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

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

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