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Webster 1913 Edition

(?; 115)

adv.

Before the [GREEK]apse of a long time; soon; – usually separated, ere long.

A man, . . . following the stag,

erelong

slew him.

Spenser.

The world,

erelong

, a world of tears must weep.

Milton.

adv.

[ere and long.] Before a long time had elapsed.

He mounted the horse, and following the stag, erelong slew him.

Before a long time shall elapse; before long. Erelong you will repent of your folly.

The world erelong a world of tears must weep.

erelong ‎(comparative more erelong, superlative most erelong)