beforetime

/bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adv

Archaic

"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."
"Thou shalt see Gold tarnished, and the grey above the green And as the thing thou seest thy face shall be And no more as the thing beforetime seen."

From before + time.

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How do you pronounce beforetime?

The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/.

What does beforetime mean?

Formerly, previously.

Where does beforetime come from?

From before + time.

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