Definition for ERE'LONG

ERE'LONG, adv. [ere and long.]

  1. Before a long time has elapsed. [Obs. or little used.] He mounted the horse, and following the stag, erelong slew him. Spenser.
  2. Before a long time shall elapse; before long. Erelong you will repent of your folly. The world erelong a world of tears must weep. Milton.

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