ere·long
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Definition of erelong
archaic, literary
: in the near future : before long, soon
Behold how the evening now steals over the fields, the shadows of the trees creeping farther and farther into the meadow, and erelong the stars will come to bathe in these retired waters.— Henry David Thoreau
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“Erelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erelong. Accessed 7 May. 2021.
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The first known use of erelong was in 1577
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