aforetime

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From afore- +‎ time.

Adverb

aforetime (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) In time past; in a former time; formerly.
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
      Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. […] "

Translations

Adjective

aforetime (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Former.
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