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ere (âr)  prep. Previous to; before. conj. Rather than; before. [Middle English er, from Old English ǣr; see ayer- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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. [=a]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, & Or are. Same as Ere. --Shak.Ere
Ere\, v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. --Chaucer.
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Language Translation for : ere
Spanish:
vivo,
German:
leuchtend,
Japanese:
あざやかな
ere
O.E. ær (adv., conj., & prep.), from Gmc. *airiz, comp. of *air "early," from PIE *ayer- "day, morning" (cf. Avestan ayar "day," Gk. eerios "at daybreak"). The adv. erstwhile retains the O.E. superl. ærest "earliest."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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