EGAVE

ere

About 2.72 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb At an earlier time.
  2. preposition Before; sooner than.
  3. conjunction before.
  4. noun Obsolete form of ear.
  5. contraction A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
    'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?

Similar words

aforetime afore previously before heretofore prior hitherto where here era

Often followed by

long the he i they this it we she now

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