toforetime

English

Etymology

From tofore +‎ time.

Adverb

toforetime (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Previously, beforehand.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:

     Also there cam a table of sylver, and the holy vessell of the Sankgreall, which Sir Launcelot had sene toforetyme in Kynge Pecchers house.