| 释义 |
† afor(e, prep. Obs.
[An extended form of for, after the analogy of fore, a-fore. For and fore were at first the same word, but ætforan, onforan had only the local meaning; so that afor is not a descendant of either of these.]
For, as for.
1489Plumpton Corr. 71 And afore the langage that Alan shold say, it is not so; he sayd none such langage. Ibid. 94 Sir, afor the arbage, dout yt not. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apocalipse (1573) 9 And afore the ministers, or men, they do but onely wish. |