Beforetime
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Beforetime is an adverb meaning (archaic) Formerly, previously.
Meaning
(archaic) Formerly, previously.
Example Sentences
Thou shalt see Gold tarnished, and the grey above the green And as the thing thou seest thy face shall be And no more as the thing beforetime seen.
There was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same cite, used witchecrafte and bewithched the people, sayinge that he was a man that coulde do greate thinges.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include formerly, beforetimes, aforetime, erer, priorly, heretoforetime.
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