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beforetime
be·fore·time
/
bɪˈfɔrˌtaɪm, -ˈfoʊr-
/
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[
bih-
fawr
-tahym, -
fohr
-
]
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adverb
Archaic.
formerly
.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
bifor time.
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time
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beforetime
(bɪˈfɔːˌtaɪm)
—
adv
archaic
formerly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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