Shak.
Ere long, before, shortly. Shak. -- Ere now, formerly, heretofore. Shak. -- Ere that, ∧ Or are. Same as Ere. Shak.
Ere (?), v. t. To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. Chaucer.
Er"e*bus (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] 1. (Greek Myth.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.