Ere

Definition of Ere

Pronunciation: ār or âr; 277
prep. & ad1.Before; sooner than.
Myself was stirring ere the break of day.
- Shak.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
- Dryden.
Sir, come down ere my child die.
- John iv. 49.
2.Rather than.
I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her.
- Shak.
Ere long
before, shortly.
Ere now
formerly, heretofore.
- Shak.
Ere that
Same as Ere.
- Shak.
v. t.1.To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.

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already, ante, before, before all, earlier, early, ere then, erenow, formerly, heretofore, hitherto, in advance of, or ever, preceding, previously, prior to, priorly, theretofore, to, yet
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