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Answer : ERE
CONJUNCTION
literary, archaic
Before in time.
‘I was driven for some half mile ere we stopped’
‘ere anything great had been accomplished, Edward directed his course towards the African coast’
PREPOSITION
literary, archaic
Before (a specified time)
‘we hope you will return ere long’
‘Henri reluctantly agreed, wanting to return to his home ere it was evening, and urged his sister to hurry.’
‘He stopped, but ere long, he continued to tap the carriage floor with the heels of his polished black shoes.’
‘We do love the places we come from, and we ‘love that well which [we] must leave ere long.’’