aforetime

[ uh-fawr-tahym, uh-fohr- ]

adverb

1. in time past; in a former time; previously.

adjective

1. former; previous.

aforetime

/ əˈfɔːˌtaɪm /

adverb

1. archaic.
   formerly

Word History and Origins

Origin of aforetime¹

First recorded in 1525–35; afore + time

Example Sentences

Send thou to thy foster-son Harald, and bid him receive from thee the lands and fiefs which they had aforetime here in Denmark.

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Aforetime had the man been in the service 156 of Einar who had favoured him more than a little.

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Such souls aforetime have inspired and guided worlds, and if we be not wholly bewitched by our Rhine-gold, they shall again.

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Our Great Master bore aforetime the most cruel disgrace in the same holy cause of vindicating the rights of man.

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Dost not know that the Earl of Gloucester is at hand, to do the thing which he did aforetime at Lincoln?

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Related Words

• ahead
• back
• previously
• since
• sooner