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beforetime

/bih-fawr-tahym, -fohr-/US // bɪˈfɔrˌtaɪm, -ˈfoʊr- //UK // (bɪˈfɔːˌtaɪm) //

之前的时间,以前的时间,之前,以前的时候

Related Words

already已经,已,已有,已然before之前,以前,在之前formerly以前是,以前的,以前,原先的once一次,曾经,一旦,一度previously之前,以前,先前,以前是aforetime前期,以前,之前,以前的事long ago很久以前,很久之前,很久前,很久以前就有of old老的,古老的,古代的,旧的

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : formerly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.earlier
Synonyms
aforetime前期,以前,之前,以前的事already已经,已,已有,已然before之前,以前,在之前formerly以前是,以前的,以前,原先的long ago很久以前,很久之前,很久前,很久以前就有of old老的,古老的,古代的,旧的once一次,曾经,一旦,一度previously之前,以前,先前,以前是

Examples

  • There I believe thy mind maybe made whole again, and that it may be with thee as it was beforetime.

  • The words now and beforetime denote too long an interval to allow room for such a supposition.

  • One or two friends whose professions had beforetime been profuse, Eleanor met.

  • It was said beforetime that if a sword be the death of five score of men, it comes to be possessed of a lust for slaying.

  • Would you have believed that I was bribed, my prince, had it not chanced that you had heard of the sword from me beforetime?

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