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afore

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈfoɹ/Sorted aeforStarts with AEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Before, temporally.

Word origin

From Middle English afore, aforn, from Old English onforan or ætforan; equivalent to a- + fore.

Used in a sentence

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

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