- 1. adv. First. Source: opted
- 2. adv. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. Source: opted
- 3. adv. at a previous time Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. First. Chaucer. 2. Previously; before; formerly; heretofore. Chaucer. Tityrus, with whose style he had erst disclaimed all ambition to match his pastoral pipe. A. W. Ward. At erst, at first; at the beginning. -- Now at erst, at this present time. Chaucer. Source: webster
- 5. r at a previous time; Source: ecdict
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