afore

[ uh-fawr, uh-fohr ]

/ əˈfɔr, əˈfoʊr /

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adverb, preposition, conjunction Older Use.

before.

Origin of afore

before 900; late Middle English; Middle English aforne, aforen,Old English on foran.See a-¹, fore¹

Words nearby afore

à fond, Afonso, A fool and his money are soon parted, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, afoot, afore, foregone conclusion, a, aforehand, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforethought

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Example sentences from the Web for afore

And till us, afore ye go, how ye want this dam, and that's the way she'll be.
The Riverman|Stewart Edward White
It wont be long now afore Im with the others that have waited for me all this time up there on Croft Hill.
Cursed|George Allan England
But ye maun let his hour of danger, as he ca's it, be ower, afore ye venture on him in his place of refuge.
Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated|Sir Walter Scott
Didn't I help the old man, afore he grew too weak to hold his shootin' iron, to send a few on 'em off to rub out the account?
The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in The South-West|John Robb

I asked him if that was afore he got religin, and he said never you mind.
Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa|George W. Peck

British Dictionary definitions for afore

afore

/ (əˈfɔː) /

adverb, preposition, conjunction

an archaic or dialect word for before

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单词	afore
释义	afore [ uh-fawr, uh-fohr ] / əˈfɔr, əˈfoʊr / SEE SYNONYMS FOR afore ON THESAURUS.COM adverb, preposition, conjunction Older Use. before. Origin of afore before 900; late Middle English; Middle English aforne, aforen,Old English on foran.See a-¹, fore¹ Words nearby afore à fond, Afonso, A fool and his money are soon parted, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, afoot, afore, foregone conclusion, a, aforehand, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforethought Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for afore And till us, afore ye go, how ye want this dam, and that's the way she'll be. The Riverman\|Stewart Edward White It wont be long now afore Im with the others that have waited for me all this time up there on Croft Hill. Cursed\|George Allan England But ye maun let his hour of danger, as he ca's it, be ower, afore ye venture on him in his place of refuge. Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated\|Sir Walter Scott Didn't I help the old man, afore he grew too weak to hold his shootin' iron, to send a few on 'em off to rub out the account? The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in The South-West\|John Robb I asked him if that was afore he got religin, and he said never you mind. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa\|George W. Peck British Dictionary definitions for afore afore / (əˈfɔː) / adverb, preposition, conjunction an archaic or dialect word for before Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to afore previously, ahead, since, back, sooner, ante, ere, fore, former, formerly, forward, gone, heretofore, past, previous, aforetime, antecedently, anteriorly, in advance, in front
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afore

adverb, preposition, conjunction Older Use.

Origin of afore

Words nearby afore

Example sentences from the Web for afore

British Dictionary definitions for afore

adverb, preposition, conjunction

Words related to afore