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beforetime
CIDE DICTIONARY
beforetime, adv.
Formerly; aforetime. [1913 Webster]
"[They] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
beforetime
aforetime, ahead, ahead of time, anticipative, anticipatory, before, before now, beforehand, betimes, bright and early, earlier, early, erenow, erewhile, erst, forehand, forehanded, foresighted, foresightedly, formerly, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in advance, in anticipation, in good time, in the past, in times past, only yesterday, precociously, prehistorically, prevenient, previously, priorly, recently, then, whilom, yesterdayFor further exploring for "beforetime" in Webster Dictionary Online