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Ere (ār or âr; 277), prep. & adv. [AS. ǣr, prep., adv., & conj.; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. ēr, G. eher, D. eer, Icel. ār, Goth. air.  √204.  Cf. Early, Erst, Or, adv.]
    1. Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]

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    Myself was stirring ere the break of day. Shak.

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    Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden.

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    Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.

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    2. Rather than.

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    I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her. Shak.

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    Ere long, before, shortly. Shak. -- Ere now, formerly, heretofore. Shak. -- Ere that, and Or are. Same as Ere. Shak.

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Ere (?), v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.  Chaucer.

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