English Dictionary: (erst) | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
ErstErst\Erst\ ([etil]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS. [aemac]rest. See {Ere}.] [Archaic] 1. First. --Chaucer. 2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. --Chaucer. Tityrus, with whose style he had ersterstdisclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. --A. W. Ward. {At erst}, at first; at the beginning. {Now at erst}, at this present time. --Chaucer. |