Definition of Rathir
Rath"er (ră&thlig;"&etilde;r), a.
[Compar. of Rath, a.] Prior; earlier;
former. [Obs.]
Now no man dwelleth at the rather
town. Sir J. Mandeville.
Rath"er (ră&thlig;"&etilde;r; 277),
adv. [AS. hraðor, compar. of
hraðe, hræðe, quickly, immediately. See
Rath, a.]
1. Earlier; sooner; before. [Obs.]
Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than
I. Chaucer.
A good mean to come the rather to
grace. Foxe.
2. More readily or willingly;
preferably.
My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my
life. Job vii. 15.
3. On the other hand; to the contrary of what
was said or suggested; instead.
Was nothing bettered, but rather grew
worse. Mark v. 26.
4. Of two alternatives conceived of, this by
preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat.
He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain,
And nowhere finding, rather feared her slain.
Dryden.
5. More properly; more correctly
speaking.
This is an art
Which does mend nature, change it rather, but
The art itself is nature. Shak.
6. In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is
rather warm; the house is rather damp.
The rather, the more so; especially; for
better reason; for particular cause.
You are come to me in happy time,
The rather for I have some sport in hand.
Shak.
-- Had rather, or Would rather,
prefer to; prefers to; as, he had, or would, rather
go than stay. "I had rather speak five words with my
understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." 1 Cor.
xiv. 19. See Had rather, under Had.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Preferably.
I'd rather stay in all day than going out with them.
- Quite, pretty, especially.
This melon is rather tasteless compared to the one we had last time.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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