What does eft mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
eftnoun
a newt in its terrestrial stage of development
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
EFTadverb
Soon; quickly; speedily; shortly.
Etymology: eft, Saxon.
Eft through the thick they heard one rudely rush,
With noise whereof he from his lofty steed
Down fell to ground, and crept into a bush,
To hide his coward head from dying dread. Fairy Queen.Quite consumed with flame,
The idol is of that eternal maid;
For so at least I have preserv’d the same,
With hands profane, from being eft betray’d. Edward Fairfax, b. ii.Eftnoun
A newt; an evet; a small kind of lizard that lives generally in the water.
Etymology: efeta, Saxon.
Peacocks are beneficial to the places where they are kept, by clearing of them from snakes, adders and efts, upon which they will live. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
The crocodile of Egypt is the lizard of Italy, and the eft in our country. .
Wikipedia
EFT
An eft is the terrestrial juvenile phase of a newt.
ChatGPT
eft
Eft is a term that refers to a juvenile newt in the period after it undergoes metamorphosis from larva to adult and is still partially aquatic. The term can also refer to Electronic Fund Transfer, which is a system of transferring money from one bank account directly to another without any paper money changing hands.
Webster Dictionary
Eftnoun
a European lizard of the genus Seps
Eftnoun
a salamander, esp. the European smooth newt (Triton punctatus)
Eftadverb
again; afterwards; soon; quickly
Etymology: [AS. eft, ft, again, back, afterward. See Aft, After.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Eft
eft, n. a kind of lizard: a newt. [A.S. efeta. Origin obscure. See Newt.]
Eft
eft, adj. ready (Shak., Much Ado, IV. ii. 38).
Eft
eft, adv. (Spens.) afterwards, again, forthwith, moreover.—adv. Eftsoons′ (obs.), soon afterwards, forthwith. [A.S. æft, eft, after, again. See Aft.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
EFT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Eft is ranked #154907 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Eft surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Eft.
94.2% or 99 total occurrences were White.
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Anagrams for eft »
fet
FET
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of eft in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of eft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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