Before, formerly, at a former time, on a former occasion; often preceded by ever, never. Also in of ere (see of, prep. phrases 1b). Also: A little…

Long ago, of old, formerly, a long time.

At one time, formerly, once: = whilom, adv. 2.

Before, formerly, at a former time.

A while before; some time ago: = erewhile, adv.

At or for one time only (as opposed to twice, many times, etc.), without reference to when.

At or in some former time; erewhile; formerly. Obsolete.

At some past time; some time before or ago; once upon a time: = while, adv. 2, whiles, n. conj.adv. 6a. archaic.

Before this time; before now; in time past.

At some former time; formerly. Obsolete. rare.

In time past; formerly, before. Obsolete.

At a former time, on a former occasion; formerly, previously, before; = ere, adv.1 4. Obsolete.

At an earlier time or date than that current or specified; formerly, previously. In later use English regional and rare.

A while before, some time ago, formerly.

In similar use with omission or ellipse of relative and verb. Now archaic.

At one time; in former times, formerly. Obsolete.

ator in sometime, = 2b. Obsolete.

In time past. Obsolete.

Before this time; before now; in time past; formerly.

(a) In past years. (b) In the course of last year.

once upon a time: at some time in the past (frequently as a conventional opening of a narrative), esp. a long time ago. Also as n. and attributive…

In the past; = behind, adv. 1d.

In the past, formerly, previously; = beforetimes, adv.

Adverbially: in an earlier time, formerly; (also) for a long time (preceding the present).

Before this time.

At one time; at some previous time; formerly. Obsolete exc. archaic.

Before the present time. Referring to a remoter past: ‘Once upon a time’, formerly, of old. archaic or poetic.

With respect to time. Formerly; in former time.

as adj. Of old time; ancient, former. archaic and dialect. †yore while (adverbial phrase), some time ago. Yore-flood (nonce-use), the biblical Flood.

The adverb after prepositions. Scottish. of before: previously, formerly. Obsolete.

Not long ago (but not now); recently, but no longer. Now frequently followed by an of-phrase indicating a person's residence or affiliation. Cf. late…

Before, formerly.

In the past, formerly, previously. Now somewhat archaic.

adv. Formerly: = while, adv. 2. Scottish. Obsolete.

Preceded by a pronoun or article. Passing into adj.

Before, in the past.

In a place whence those to whom the reference is made have departed; remaining after the others have… In the time which one has lived beyond, in the…

At one time, formerly. rare after 17th cent.

In adverbial phrase in foretime(s = aforetime, adv., aforetimes, adv.

Some while ago, formerly. archaic. Also ˈerstwhiles n. Obsolete in same sense.

Some while ago, formerly. archaic. Also ˈerstwhiles n. Obsolete in same sense.

Apparently: before, formerly; a little while ago, just now.

= sometime, adv. 2f. Obsolete.

In former days, at some past time.

With less idea of remoteness: Formerly. Obs.

At one time, formerly.

some time ago. Obsolete.

formerly.

quasi-adv. On a past occasion. Obsolete.

With since, = some time ago. rare.

Of time. In the past. (archaic; commonly back.)

As a sentence adverb: according to history; in the past; formerly; traditionally.

Chiefly regional. time back: some (esp. a long) time ago; (also) for a long time.

That once was; formerly. Obsolete. rare.

As nominal relative (cf. what, pron. III.**), or as correlative to then (implied and sometimes… With ellipsis of following clause: in the past…