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Ere   /ɛr/   Listen
preposition
Ere  prep., adv.  
1.
Before; sooner than. (Archaic or Poetic) "Myself was stirring ere the break of day." "Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore." "Sir, come down ere my child die."
2.
Rather than. "I will be thrown into Etna,... ere I will leave her."
Ere long, before, shortly.
Ere now, formerly, heretofore.


verb
Ere  v. t.  To plow. (Obs.) See Ear, v. t.





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"Ere" Quotes from Famous Books



... him. For some years past Mrs. Gilmour had been subject to severe attacks of pain. The visit to England and the rest and change of the old home life had in a measure restored her. But hardly were they comfortably established in their old Peking quarters ere some of her most trying symptoms reappeared. With that brave heart and resolute spirit characteristic of her whole missionary career, for a time she gave herself to the duties of the mission and ...
— James Gilmour of Mongolia - His diaries, letters, and reports • James Gilmour
... happened to remember," he explained gaspingly, "that there's a pesky autoo thief in these 'ere parts. Bukins had ...
— Our Next-Door Neighbors • Belle Kanaris Maniates
... by Bessy Corney, who opened the door to see if the hungry ones outside might not come in for their share of the entertainment; and in they rushed, bright and riotous, scarcely giving the first party time to rise from their seats ere they took their places. One or two young men, released from all their previous shyness, helped Mrs. Corney and her daughters to carry off such dishes as were actually empty. There was no time for changing or washing of plates; but then, ...
— Sylvia's Lovers, Vol. I • Elizabeth Gaskell
... half fallen forward on his breast, Holding the other's hand with vice-like grip: One face was calm, the other sad as death, With something in it of a pleading look, As might befall a man that dies at prayer. Amazed, the workman hallooed to his mates To see the wonder; but ere they could come, The figures crumbled and were ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 • Various
... stride, although his flanks grew thin and his eyes large. But with the grey mare it was otherwise, for though she was a gallant nag her strength was gone. Indeed, with any heavier rider upon her back, ere this she would have fallen. But still she answered to Sihamba's voice and plunged on, rolling and stumbling in ...
— Swallow • H. Rider Haggard


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