Eagre

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪɡə(r), alternatively Rhymes: -iːɡə(r)

See eager

Full definition of eagre

Adjective

1. Obsolete form of eager
• 1614, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World, Book III., Chapter VII., page #66:HowÅ¿oeuer it were, the Lacedæmonians being no leÅ¿Å¿e wearied of the warre, than the Athenians were eagre to purÅ¿ue it, the one obtained their eaÅ¿e, and the other the execution and honor which they deÅ¿ired : for all the Greekes (thoÅ¿e of PeloponmeÅ¿us excepted) willingly Å¿ubiected themÅ¿elues to the commandment of the Athenians which was both beginning of their greatneÅ¿Å¿e in that preÅ¿ent age, and of their ruine in the next Å¿ucceeding.

From Old English eágor ("water, sea")

Alternative forms

• aegir, eygre

Noun

1. a tidal bore
• 1896, Bret Harte, In a hollow of the hills: and other tales‎, 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.

Synonyms

• tidal bore, bore

Anagrams

• agree, eager