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   Ere , 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.]
   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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   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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