Ere

1. (adv.) Before; sooner than.

2. (adv.) Rather than.

3. (v. t.) To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t.

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already, ante, before, before all, earlier, early, ere then, erenow, formerly, heretofore, hitherto, in advance of, or ever, preceding, previously, prior to, priorly, theretofore, to, yet