while-ere
while-ere is the alternative spelling of whilere.
Meaning of whilere
Adverb
whilere (not comparable)
- A while ago; a time before; formerly, previously.
- VVe met that villen (God from him me bleſſe) / That curſed wight, from whom I ſcapt whyleare, / A man of hell, that cals himſelfe Deſpayre: […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 28, page 127
- Synonyms:
- erewhile, erstwhile, afore, aforehand, already, antecedently, at one time, before, beforehand, beforetime
- Antonyms:
- anymore, any more, at present, at the minute, at the moment, at this moment in time, atm, currently, just now, now
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- While-ere is the alternative spelling of whilere.
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