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abrest

abrest

English

Adverb

abrest ‎(comparative more abrest, superlative most abrest)

Alternative spelling of abreast
- 1885, John McElroy, The Red Acorn, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
  Eleven hundred superb young fellows, marching four abrest, with bayonets fixed …
- 1982, “Newsletter”, in The English Spelling Society, retrieved 2012-09-06:
  Draw a breth for progress, / Tred abrest ahed.
- 1994 February 28, “Networking Careers On-line”, in Network World, volume 11, number 9, IDG, ISSN 0887-7661, page 56:
  … was designed to provide you with the information you need to keep abrest of current opportunities …
- 1998, Bernard DeVoto, quoting Boit, 1792, The Course of Empire, Reprint edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 9780395924983:
  This day saw an appearance of a spacious harbour abrest the Ship, haul'd our wind …
- 2006, Helen Lee, Where in the World?: Stories from Everywhere, Review and Herald Pub Assoc, ISBN 9780828018746, page 316:
  He read the words scribbled under the star: "Stand abrest qurtsbolder bring in line with hill … "
- 2007, Nirali Prakashan, Corporate Planning and Strategic Human Resources Management, First edition, ISBN 9789380064147, page 3.8:
  Keeping abrest of technological developments requires a careful assessment …

References

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest

Middle English

Adverb

abrest

side by side
Owt they Comen Al On Abrest. — The History of the Holy Grail, Henry Lovelich, 1450

References

Middle English Dictionary