Early (&etilde_;rl&ybreve_;), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS. &aemacr_;rlīce; &aemacr_;r sooner + līc like. See Ere, and Like.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
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Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17.
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You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.
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