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sometime |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sometime \Some"time`\, adv 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to once; formerly. Did they not sometime cry ``All hail'' to me? --Shak. 2. At a time undefined; once in a while now and then; sometimes Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. --Shak. 3. At one time or other hereafter; as I will do it sometime. ``Sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sometime \Some"time`\, a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sometime adj : belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}] adv : at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"
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