afore

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Before, temporally.

   • Stephano: He's in his fit now ; and doe's not talke after the wiſeſt ; hee ſhall taſte of my Bottle : if hee haue neuer drunke wine afore, it will goe neere to remoue his Fit :[…]
   • A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
2. 2

   Before, in front, spatially.

   • He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him.
3. 3

   Before

   Before; in advance of the time of.

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   1. 4

      In advance of the time when

      In advance of the time when; before.

      • Now the hand of the Lord was vpon mee in the euening, afore hee that was escaped came, and had opened my mouth vntill hee came to mee in the morning, and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumbe.

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