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Webster 1913 Edition
Rathe
{
Rath
,Rathe
}(răth)
, Adj.
[AS.
hræð
, hræd
, quick, akin to OHG. hrad
, Icel. hraðr
.] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Bring the
rathe
primrose that forsaken dies. Milton.
{
Rath
,Rathe
, }adv.
Early; soon; betimes.
[Obs. or Poetic]
Why rise ye up so
rathe
? Chaucer.
Too
rathe
cut off by practice criminal. Spenser.