erenow
advEtymology Univerbation of ere + now.
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Archaic Before now; prior to this point in time.
- Ah, gentle soldiers, some short time allow; My father has repented him erenow.1669, John Dryden, The Conquest of Granada:
- […] wherefore, had the World Eternally been, this Science had been brought to its utmost Perfection long 'ere now^([sic]).1715, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion, 2nd edition, page 170: