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# ere

conjunction

«ere» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

before; earlier than a certain time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ere/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer used in everyday speech; today we say before.

### Examples

- And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.' (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ere/#x1)
- Ere long the dwarfs came trooping out till all were assembled. (The Green Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ere/#x2)
- While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. (Torah NUM.11.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ere/#x3)

### Note

Today: before.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ere» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/E/ere/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ere» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/ere.html) on Mova free.