Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A little while ago; hitherto; some time ago; erewhile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete A little while ago; recently; just now; erewhile.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic A while
before ; a short time ago.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The friend, whilere I took to heart, alas! no more to me
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The comrade, whom I loved whilere, no more a comrade is, And even the very sun and moon 'no longer bright are they.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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O house, whose birds warbled for joyance whilere And whose sills were resplendent with glory and pride,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879
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I send thee back herewith the ring I took whilere of thee, Whenas we companied; so send me that thou hadst of me.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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We vowed to each other, whilere, that we would keep secret our loves; But the breedbate possessed you to speak, and you spoke and revealed what none knew.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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The grief for a dear one, loved and lost, Who filled me the cup of joy whilere.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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That which was strait is oftentimes made wide And straitened that, which easy was whilere.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879
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The friend, whilere I took to heart, alas! no more to me * Is friend; and even Luna's self displayeth lunacy:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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* How joyous and how solaceful was life in them whilere!
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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The green recruits that trudge and sweat where it had swinked whilere, 50
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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