单词 | therebefore |
释义 | † therebeforeadv. Obsolete. 1. Before that in position or order; in front. ΚΠ c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxi. 9 Ðæt folc þæt þar beforan [c1160 Hatton Gosp., þær be-fore] ferde. 2. Before that (time); formerly, previously. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 Alle bileffulle men þe waren þo and ðar biforen wissede swiðe ðar after. c1275 Passion our Lord 218 in Old Eng. Misc. 43 As vre louerd þer by-vore heom iseyd hedde. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 99 In sterres many a wynter ther biforn Was writen the deeth of Ector Achilles. c1430 Freemasonry 302 Ȝef he nulle okepye hem no more, As he hath y-done ther by-fore. 1592 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1877) (modernized text) 3rd Ser. 34 And the priest there before dead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.c1000 |
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