Ere
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King James Dictionary [1]
ERE, adv. Before sooner than.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. John 4 .
In these passages, ere is really a preposition, followed by a sentence, instead of a single word, as below.
ERE, prep. Before.
Our fruitful Nile
Flow'd ere the wonted season.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( adv.) Before; sooner than.
(2): ( v. t.) To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.
(3): ( adv.) Rather than.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Lat. Hercus) is the name of several Irish saints, the chief. of whom was bishop of Slane; of royal descent. who died A.D. 512, aged about ninety years, and is commemorated on November 2.
