ere
conjunction
Early Modern English
Meaning
before; earlier than a certain time. tree →
Then and now
No longer used in everyday speech; today we say before.
Examples
- And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.' (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ere long the dwarfs came trooping out till all were assembled. (The Green Fairy Book) tree →
- While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. (Torah NUM.11.33, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: before.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «ere» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ere» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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