† beˈforetimes, adv. Obs.
[f. prec. + genitival -s: cf. aforetimes.]
| a 1555 Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 192 Saints, that departed in faith out of this world beforetimes. 1647 W. Browne Polexander ii. 83 In all appearance, he was the same man he had been before times. |