abrest
English
Adverb
abrest (not comparable)
- (archaic or nonstandard) 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 …
- 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:
- 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, 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, page 3.8:
- Keeping abrest of technological developments requires a careful assessment …
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References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest
Anagrams
- Baster, Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, barest, baster, bestar, breast, tabers
Middle English
Etymology
From "on brest" or a- + brest
Adverb
abrest
- side by side
- Owt they Comen Al On Abrest. — The History of the Holy Grail, Henry Lovelich, 1450
References
- Middle English Dictionary