Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗conj
In advance of the time when; before.
prep
Before; in advance of the time of. · Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.
adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryBefore, temporally. · Before, in front, spatially. · In the fore part of a ship.
From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.
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