old-fashioned + literary
: preceding in time : earlier than : before entry 2 sense 2
ere nightfall
'The wind is north from the snows,' said Aragorn. 'And ere morning it will be in the East,' said Legolas.—
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
old-fashioned + literary
: before entry 3
"Rumor has it that there will be a wedding in our village ere the daisies are in bloom. … "—Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI was scarcely in position ere my enemies began to arrive …—Robert Louis Stevenson
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“Ere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ere. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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ere
1 of 2 preposition
(ˌ)e(ə)r 
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ere
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