1. Earlier in time than
   "see my son ere I die"
   - before

Sounds like: air, e'er, heir, Ayr

• stakeout
• stakes
• stakes race
• stalactite
• stalag
• stalagmite
• stale
• stalemate
• stalemated
• staleness
• Stalin
• Stalin Peak
• Stalinabad
• Stalingrad
• Stalinisation
• stalinise
• Stalinism
• Stalinist
• Stalinization
• stalinize
• Stalino
• stalk
• stalked
• stalked puffball
• stalker