English[edit]
abrest (not comparable)
- (archaic or nonstandard) Alternative spelling of abreast
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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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1994 February 28, “Networking Careers On-line”, in Network World[2], 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 …
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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 …
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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 … "
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2007, Nirali Prakashan, Corporate Planning and Strategic Human Resources Management[5], First edition, →ISBN, page 3.8:
- Keeping abrest of technological developments requires a careful assessment …
References[edit]
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From "on brest" or a- + brest
abrest
- side by side
- Owt they Comen Al On Abrest. — The History of the Holy Grail, Henry Lovelich, 1450
References[edit]
- Middle English Dictionary