Hypertext Webster Gateway: "betimes"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
betimes
adv : in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning" [syn: {early}]
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