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In some senses, eagre is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
eagre
/ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/
adj 1noun 1
Collocations
3VERB + EAGRE
like, wave
EAGRE + NOUN
pur, ue
PREP.
from
Definitions
adj
1
Obsolete form of eager.
Howſoeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians being no leſſe wearied of the warre, than the Athenians were eagre to purſue it, the one obtained their eaſe, and the other the execution and honor which they deſired : for all the Greekes (thoſe of Peloponmeſus excepted) willingly ſubiected themſelues to the commandment of the Athenians which was both beginning of their greatneſſe in that preſent age, and of their ruine in the next ſucceeding.
noun
1
a tidal bore
A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.
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Howſoeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians being no leſſe wearied of the warre, than the Athenians were eagre to purſue it, the one obtained their eaſe, and the other the execution and honor which they deſi
Wiktionary02
A large wave like an eagre, diverging from its bow, was extending to either bank, swamping the tules and threatening to submerge the lower levees.
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