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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ere \Ere\, v. t.
To plow. [Obs.] See {Ear}, v. t. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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