aforehand

American  

[uh-fawr-hand, uh-fohr-] / əˈfɔrˌhænd, əˈfoʊr- /

adverb

Older Use.

1. beforehand.

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Etymology

Origin of aforehand

1400–50; late Middle English. See afore, hand

Example Sentences

Mrs. Holton said, “They didn’t say nothing aforehand ’cause they was afeared your ma woulda run with you.”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

If I’d-a thought ’bout it aforehand, I’d-a probably figgered all of that moving going on outside would keep me wide awake, but it was jus’ the opposite.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Sure ez ye air born them two fixed it up aforehand.'

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

She hath done what she could: for in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

From Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists by Olmsted, M. N.

Ef I jes' knowed aforehand how it will tech the boys when they view the door down onto the floor!' exclaimed the old woman.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles