Aforetime

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. At a former or past time; previously.
  • adj. Earlier; former.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. In time past; in a former time; formerly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. In time past; formerly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In time past; in a former time.
  • Word Usage
    "'Hast thou then two names?' asked she, and he answered (and indeed his voice was choked with tears), 'Yes; my name aforetime was Asaad, [FN#70] but now it is Muterr.' ["
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