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| Rathe | Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Rath |
| Rathe | Why rise ye up so rathe? Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Rath |
| Rather | a. [ Compar. of Rath, a. ] Prior; earlier; former. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rather | adv. [ AS. hraðor, compar. of hraðe, hræðe, quickly, immediately. See Rath, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ] A good mean to come the rather to grace. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ] My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my life. Job vii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ] Was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Mark v. 26. [ 1913 Webster ] He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain, This is an art
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| rather | (adv) on the contrary, Syn. instead, Example: rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left; he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter; used English terms instead of Latin ones |
| rather | (adv) to some (great or small) extent, Syn. kind of, kinda, sort of, Example: it was rather cold; the party was rather nice; the knife is rather dull; I rather regret that I cannot attend; He's rather good at playing the cello; he is kind of shy |