- a poetic word for before
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ere
(âr),USA pronunciation prep., conj.
- before.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English ǣr, ēr (cognate with German ehr), comparative of ār soon, early; cognate with Gothic air. See erst, early
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'ere' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-er
- -ier
- able
- acquiesce
- acuity
- air
- alible
- aliment
- altricial
- ambiguous
- ancile
- angina
- appendix
- arcane
- ardor
- arid
- arson
- aspergillum
- assiduous
- augment
- author
- avid
- basipetal
- battle
- bibulous
- cadenza
- caducous
- caldarium
- calefactory
- candid
- candle
- canorous
- canto
- cantor
- capacity
- captor
- case
- cement
- censor
- census
- charm
- cinch
- circumincession
- circumspect
- circumvolve
- clangor
- claustrum
- cobbler
- cognoscitive
- collunarium