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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. prep. Previous to; before.
  2. conj. Rather than; before.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Early; soon.
  2. Before; formerly.
  3. Before, in respect of time.
  4. Before; sooner than.
  5. n. An obsolete form of ear.
  6. An obsolete form of ear.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. At an earlier time. [10th-17th c.]
  2. prep. Before; sooner than.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. prep. Before; sooner than.
  2. prep. Rather than.
  3. v. To plow. [Obs.] See ear, v. t.

Etymologies

  1. Middle English er, from Old English ǣr; see ayer- in Indo-European roots.

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