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单词 afore or
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afore or (also ere)
Originally † afore that; occasionally also (more emphatically) † afore or (also ere). Previous to the time when.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > antecedence [conjunction] > before
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 172 (MED) He ssel mid wylle þenche ane his zennes, auore þet he come to ssrifte.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 8 (MED) Afor his bruther was abbott, he..was a riche man.
a1470 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 111 (MED) Thys..schalbe performet on oure behalfe, and affor any rent taken or to be taken.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xviii. 34 In that season afore or Fraunces Atremon was putte oute of the towne.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5326 in Wks. (1931) I Affore that day be done, Thare salbe signis in Sonne and Mone.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 93 After he had bin put to death, he tooke his Godhead to him againe, and was very godas he had bin afore ere he came downe into Bodie, Flesh, and Man.
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxxiii. 22 In the euening, afore hee that was escaped came. View more context for this quotation
1612 J. Webster White Divel sig. G3 As if a man Should know what foule is coffind in a bak't meate Afore you cut it vp.
1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 63 That they were hanged afore we came hither. View more context for this quotation
1787 A. Shirrefs Jamie & Bess iv. ii It lang was fair, afore he thought o' ga'en, And gayly on to evening now was drawn.
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. iii. 49 They will be here afore you can find a cover!
1871 H. Cullwick Diaries (1984) 163 Missis was alone in the dining room afore the dinner went up.
1905 Washington Post 5 Mar. 7/4 Twa'nt a helluva time afore Eliphalus Knobbs was flat broke.
1992 I. Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 115 That was in the old days. Afore I saw the light. Or should I say afore the light saw me.
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