Beforetime
//bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm// adv
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Formerly, previously. archaic, not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From before + time.
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