- onforan
- 1. prep w.d. before (time), at the beginning of; 2. adv before, in front of
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Afore — A*fore , adv. [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or [ae]tforan; pref. a + fore.] 1. Before. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] If he have never drunk wine afore. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) In the fore part of a vessel. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
afore — adverb or conjunction or preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English onforan, from on + foran before more at before Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect before … New Collegiate Dictionary
aforementioned — a|fore|men|tioned [əˈfo:menʃənd US ˈæfərˌmenʃənd, əˈfo:r ] adj also a|fore|said [əˈfo:sed US əˈfo:r ] [only before noun] law [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: afore before (from Old English onforan) + mentioned] the aforementioned mentioned before in an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
afore — (adv.) O.E. onforan before, at the beginning of, in front of, from phrase on foran, from on (prep.) + foran (adv.) in front, dative of FOR (Cf. for). In some cases probably it represents O.E. ætforan at fore. Once the literary equivalent of… … Etymology dictionary
afore — [ə fôr′] adv., prep., conj. [ME afore, aforn < OE onforan, before: see A 1 & FORE] Now Dial. before … English World dictionary
AFORE — prep. & adv. archaic before; previously; in front (of). Etymology: OE onforan (as A(2), FORE) … Useful english dictionary
a|fore — «uh FR, FOHR», adverb, preposition, conjunction. Archaic and Dialect. before. ╂[Old English onforan (< on foran in front), and ætforan < æt at + foran in front] … Useful english dictionary
