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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Ere | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Ere | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ere \Ere\, v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See {Ear}, v. t. --Chaucer. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Ere \Ere\ (?; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. [?]r, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. [?]r, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. [be]r, Goth. air. [root]204. Cf. {Early}, {Erst}, {Or}, adv.] 1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic] 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. --Shak. {Ere now}, formerly, heretofore. --Shak. {Ere that}, [and] {Or are}. Same as {Ere}. --Shak. | |
