| Pronunciation: | | urst
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[adv] at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing" |
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ERST is a 4 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | at one time, erstwhile, formerly, once |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Erst\ ([~e]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS.
[=ae]rest. See {Ere}.] [Archaic]
1. First. --Chaucer.
2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. --Chaucer.
Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all
ambition to match his pastoral pipe. --A. W. Ward.
{At erst}, at first; at the beginning.
{Now at erst}, at this present time. --Chaucer.
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