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arew

/əˈɹəʊ/

arew is the obsolete spelling of arow.

Meaning of arow

Adverb

arow (not comparable)

  1. In a row, line, or rank; successively.
    • O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself!
      My master and his man are both broke loose,
      Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor
      Whose beard they have singed off with brands of firec. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Origin of arew

See arow, row.

Questions about arew

What is arew the obsolete spelling of?
Arew is the obsolete spelling of arow.
How do you pronounce arew?
Arew is pronounced /əˈɹəʊ/.

Words near arew in the dictionary

  1. aretologically
  2. aretology
  3. arets
  4. aretted
  5. aretting
  6. arew
  7. Arey
  8. Areys
  9. areyto
  10. areytos
  11. Arezzo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arew (page history and authors); arow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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