Ere
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Ere - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
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.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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