单词 | foretime |
释义 | foretimen.adv. A. n. Former time; a former time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 98 If there were in foretimes enie hatred on their partes towards the Romaines. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 507 It was called in foretime..Norton Dany. b. The time gone by, the past; also, the early days (of a city or state). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] preteritea1425 past1589 then-time1606 preter1618 heretofore1824 foretime1853 bygone1872 temps perdu1932 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality > early stage of existence or the world prime timea1556 boyhood?1577 youth1604 pupillage1606 youthhood1828 foretime1853 earlies1927 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxvii. 380 That conception of Athens in her foretime which he [Thucydides] is perpetually impressing on his countrymen. 1869 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi v. 124 The single great Achaian voyage of the traditionary fore-time, that of the ship Argo to the Euxine. c. attributive quasi-adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 116 He who thought the world to win, His foretime poverty was in. 1896 C. Harrison in Daily News 8 Jan. 6/3 For though You now have passed away from us The foretime Dedication still holds good. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F Least thou doest loose what foretime thou didst gaine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adv.?c1550 |
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