aforetimesadv.

Brit.

/əˈfɔːtʌɪmz/, U.S.

/əˈfɔrˌtaɪmz/

Forms: late Middle English afortymez, late Middle English–1500s aforetymes, 1600s– aforetimes.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: aforetime adv.

Etymology: Alteration of aforetime adv., after similar adverbs ending in -s (e.g. oft-times adv.). Compare also beforetimes adv.

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

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]

erea900

beforeeOE

forec1000

toforec1175

therebeforec1200

toforehand1258

forne toc1275

orc1275

andersitha1300

alreadyc1300

rather?1316

beforehandc1330

erstc1330

aforec1350

theretoforea1375

aforehanda1387

forthwitha1400

forwitha1400

or?a1400

ereward14..

toforetimec1400

aforetimes1429

aforetime1433

afore seasons1463

heretoforetime1481

forouth1487

aforrow?a1513

beforrow1568

paravant1590

antecedently1593

formerly1596

precedently1611

preveniently1633

preallably1652

previously1655

precedaneously1657

somewhiles1657

antecedaneously1661

aft1674

prior1675

anteriorly1681

antecedent1690

previous1712

priorly1742

1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §47. m. 6 Natwithstandyng the poundage of hem afore tymes to the customers paied.

1441 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 134 (MED) I recommend me to yowe..for your grete tendirnesse and fortheryng afortymez shewid to my brether.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 109 Þe scriptures..that afore tymes were dyrke, they were this day approbate and declared.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 148 The thing which had aforetymes bene disputable among the Heathen, is now admitted as an article of faith.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis v. 49 Though it were granted that the soul lived afore-times without a body.

1735 H. Stebbing 2nd Let. Heresy 71 He had aforetimes been a blasphemer.

1825 R. Mudie Babylon the Great I. 47 It did not rise in glassy folds..as had the waters which I had aforetimes seen.

1897 Idler Apr. 330/1 Let it not escape, lest I spit you with my tusks as I have aforetimes threatened.

1922 Scribner's Mag. June 659/2 One wishes to see more of Switzerland by road than has aforetimes been feasible.

2002 O. Parry Honor's Kingdom (2003) iii. 66 It seems 'e was a bit of this and that aforetimes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aforetimes
释义	aforetimesadv. Brit. /əˈfɔːtʌɪmz/, U.S. /əˈfɔrˌtaɪmz/ Forms: late Middle English afortymez, late Middle English–1500s aforetymes, 1600s– aforetimes. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: aforetime adv. Etymology: Alteration of aforetime adv., after similar adverbs ending in -s (e.g. oft-times adv.). Compare also beforetimes adv. In the past, formerly, previously; = aforetime adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §47. m. 6 Natwithstandyng the poundage of hem afore tymes to the customers paied. 1441 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) 134 (MED) I recommend me to yowe..for your grete tendirnesse and fortheryng afortymez shewid to my brether. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 109 Þe scriptures..that afore tymes were dyrke, they were this day approbate and declared. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. ix. 148 The thing which had aforetymes bene disputable among the Heathen, is now admitted as an article of faith. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis v. 49 Though it were granted that the soul lived afore-times without a body. 1735 H. Stebbing 2nd Let. Heresy 71 He had aforetimes been a blasphemer. 1825 R. Mudie Babylon the Great I. 47 It did not rise in glassy folds..as had the waters which I had aforetimes seen. 1897 Idler Apr. 330/1 Let it not escape, lest I spit you with my tusks as I have aforetimes threatened. 1922 Scribner's Mag. June 659/2 One wishes to see more of Switzerland by road than has aforetimes been feasible. 2002 O. Parry Honor's Kingdom (2003) iii. 66 It seems 'e was a bit of this and that aforetimes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1429
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