abrest
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editAdverb
editabrest (not comparable)
- (archaic or nonstandard) Alternative spelling of abreast
- 1885, John McElroy, The Red Acorn[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2010:
- Eleven hundred superb young fellows, marching four abrest, with bayonets fixed …
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edit- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest
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editPronunciation
editAdverb
editabrest
- side by side
- Owt they Comen Al On Abrest. — The History of the Holy Grail, Henry Lovelich, 1450
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editReferences
edit- “abrē̆st, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.