toforetime

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tofore +‎ time.

Adverb[edit]

toforetime (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Previously, beforehand.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:
      Also there cam a table of sylver, and the holy vessell of the Sankgreall, which Sir Launcelot had sene toforetyme in Kynge Pecchers house.
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