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betime |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Betime \Be*time"\, Betimes \Be*times"\, adv [Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending.] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. To measure life learn thou betimes. --Milton. To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work --Barrow. 2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. --Shak.
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