What does eagre mean?
Eagre means Obsolete form of eager..
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/ˈeɪɡə(ɹ)/ · adjective
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.
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.
Use eagre when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eagre means Obsolete form of eager..
Common synonyms include tidal bore, bore, aegir, eager.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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