abrest

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English

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Adverb

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abrest (not comparable)

  1. (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 …
    • 1994 February 28, “Networking Careers On-line”, in Network World[2], volume 11, number 9, IDG, →ISSN, 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[3], Reprint edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN:
      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[4], Review and Herald Pub Assoc, →ISBN, 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[5], 1st edition, →ISBN, page 3.8:
      Keeping abrest of technological developments requires a careful assessment …

References

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  • Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology

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a- (on) +‎ brest

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbrɛːst/, /aˈbrɛst/

Adverb

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abrest

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

Descendants

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  • English: abreast
  • Scots: abreist

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