Aforetime

Aforetime
Aforetime A*fore"time`, adv. In time past; formerly. ``He prayed . . . as he did aforetime.'' --Dan. vi. 10. [1913 Webster] ||

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  • aforetime — (adv.) early 15c., before the present, in the past, from AFORE (Cf. afore) + TIME (Cf. time) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • aforetime — [ə fôr′tīm΄] adv. Archaic in times now past; formerly …   English World dictionary

  • aforetime — /euh fawr tuym , euh fohr /, adv. 1. in time past; in a former time; previously. adj. 2. former; previous. [1525 35; AFORE + TIME] * * * …   Universalium

  • aforetime — adverb formerly …   Wiktionary

  • aforetime — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb Archaic. At a time in the past: already, before, earlier, erstwhile, formerly, once, previously. Archaic: beforetime. See PRECEDE …   English dictionary for students

  • aforetime — adv. previously, at an earlier time …   English contemporary dictionary

  • aforetime — afore·time …   English syllables

  • aforetime — I.  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adverb Etymology: Middle English, from afore + time archaic : formerly II. adjective archaic …   Useful english dictionary

  • ago — adj 1. gone, gone by, bygone, past, Archaic. agone; former, quondam, earlier, previous, aforetime, prior, antecedent. adv 2. before now, before this time, heretofore, since; of old, of yore, aforetime, anciently, Archaic. agone; in the past, in… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • πάρος — aforetime indeclform (adverb) πάρος aforetime indeclform (prep) …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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