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ere

  [air]
Use ere in a Sentence
–preposition, conjunction
before.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE ǣr, ēr (c. G ehr), comp. of ār soon, early; c. Goth air. See erst, early
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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