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a⋅fore

[uh-fawr, uh-fohr]
–adverb, preposition, conjunction Older Use.
before.

Origin:
bef. 900; late ME; ME aforne, aforen, OE on foran. See a- 1 , fore 1
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a·fore   (ə-fôr', ə-fōr')   
adv.   , prep. & conj. Southern & Midland U.S.
Before.

[Middle English, from Old English onforan : on, at; see on + foran, before (from fore; see fore).]
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