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EAGRE
Etymology 1
Adjective
eagre (comparative more eagre, superlative most eagre)
Obsolete form of eager.
Etymology 2
Noun
eagre (plural eagres)
a tidal bore
Synonyms
• tidal bore, bore
Anagrams
• Eager, aeger, agree, eager, geare, æger
Source: Wiktionary
Ea"gre, n. Etym: [AS. eágor, , in comp., water, sea, eágor-streám water stream, sea.]
Definition: A wave, or two or three successive waves, of great height and violence, at flood tide moving up an estuary or river; -- commonly called the bore. See Bore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
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