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oft-times, ofttimes, adv. Now arch. and poet.|ˈɒftˌtaɪmz, ɔː-|
Also 4–5 oft times, 4–6 ofte times; (5–6 oftymes, oftimes, 6 Sc. aftymes).
[f. as prec.: the -s is prob. the plural ending, times being substituted for sithes, as in fele times (Langland) for feolesiþes, many times.]
= oftentimes.
1382Wyclif Matt. xvii. 15 For why oft tymys [v.r. oft time, 1388 ofte tymes, Tindale oft tymes, 1551 ofte times, Rheims often, 1611 oft times] he fallith in to the fijr, and oft tymys [16th c. vv. oft, 1551 ofte, Rheims often] in to water. 1413Pilgr. Sowle ii. lx. (1859) 57 Ful oftymes thou hast excyted me to synne. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 6 Than is he ofttymes moost nye the state of misery. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 30 b, That which is holsome and good for one kind, oftetimes is hurtfull for another. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 15 b, Aftymes to cal on the sueit name of Iesus. 1662Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. iii. i. §19 Prodigies, which oft-times presage revolutions in states. 1701J. Law Counc. Trade (1751) 59 They are ofttimes directly opposite to one another. 1814Cary Dante, Paradise xxii. 104, I oft-times wail my sins. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. III. xiii. 258 Ofttimes he laced and ofttimes he unlaced his mantle. |