Erst \Erst\ ([~e]rst), adv. [Orig. superlative of ere; AS.
   [=ae]rest. See Ere.] [Archaic]
   1. First. --Chaucer.
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   2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. --Chaucer.
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            Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all
            ambition to match his pastoral pipe.  --A. W. Ward.
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   At erst, at first; at the beginning.

   Now at erst, at this present time. --Chaucer.
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	erst
     adv : at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile
           writing" [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile]

	

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