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2 definitions found 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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