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Definition of ere : 1. Before; sooner than.
2. Rather than.
3. To plow. [ Obs.] See Ear, v. t.

Synonyms:

prior to, fore, by the time, before, of, ahead of, early, barely, first, previous, prior, since, previous to, advance, to, afore, earlier

Usage examples:

• And, ere yet they could perfectly believe Gongylus, an express was brought from Gylippus, to bid them go forth to meet him. - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
• " As for Annie- she must have given me up for dead long ere now," he said to himself. - "Annie o' the Banks o' Dee", Gordon Stables.
• He commanded me to be brought again before him ere I was bound to the pile. - "Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers", Various.