abrest (notcomparable)

1. (archaic or nonstandard)Alternative spelling ofabreast.
   • 1885, John McElroy,The Red Acorn‎^[1], HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published2010:

     Eleven hundred superb young fellows, marching fourabrest, with bayonets fixed …

   • 1994 February 28, “Networking Careers On-line”, inNetwork World‎^[2], volume11, number 9, IDG,→ISSN, page56:

     … was designed to provide you with the information you need to keepabrest of current opportunities …

   • 1998, Bernard DeVoto, quotingBoit,1792,The Course of Empire‎^[3], Reprint edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,→ISBN:

     This day saw an appearance of a spacious harbourabrest the Ship, haul'd our wind …

   • 2006, Helen Lee,Where in the World?: Stories from Everywhere‎^[4], Review and Herald Pub Assoc,→ISBN, page316:

     He read the words scribbled under the star: "Standabrest qurtsbolder bring in line with hill … "

   • 2007, Nirali Prakashan,Corporate Planning and Strategic Human Resources Management‎^[5], 1st edition,→ISBN, page3.8:

     Keepingabrest of technological developments requires a careful assessment …

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, abrest

• Baster,Be star,Sterba,Tarbes,barest,baster,bestar,breast,rebats,tabers

a-(“on”) +‎brest

• IPA^(key): /aˈbrɛːst/,/aˈbrɛst/

abrest

1. side by side

   Owt they Comen Al OnAbrest. — The History of the Holy Grail, Henry Lovelich, 1450

• English:abreast
• Scots:abreist

• “abrē̆st,adv.”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

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