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be⋅fore⋅time

  [bi-fawr-tahym, -fohr-]
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–adverb Archaic.
formerly.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME bifor time. See before, time
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be·fore·time   (bĭ-fôr'tīm', -fōr'-)   
adv.   Archaic
Formerly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Beforetime

Be*fore"time`\, adv. Formerly; aforetime.

[They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. --2 Kings xiii. 5.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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