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Definition of Betimes
1. Adverb. In good time. "He awoke betimes that morning"
Definition of Betimes
1. Adverb. In good season or time; early, especially in the morning. ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) In a short time, soon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Betimes
1. soon [adv] - See also: soon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betimes
Literary usage of Betimes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks by Thomas Brooks, Alexander Balloch Grosart (1866)
"First, You must labour to acquaint yourselves with the Scripture betimes. You must
study the word betimes. David studied the word in ..."
2. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"Fighting betimes —Blazing a path — We take an island by storm— A desperate ...
AT 4 AM of the 5th January we were awake, cooking 1877. betimes the food that ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... or that it might be a warning to those who heard it to think of their own “
passing bell,” and so prepare themselves betimes for their last sleep ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1912)
"So rawbone hunger scorns the mudded walls, And 'gins to revel it in lordly halls.
ADVICE TO MARRY betimes. [From Book iv. Sat. 4. ..."
5. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"And Demosthenes coming unto Nicias, delivered his opinion for going once again
aboard, and forcing the passage, if it were possible, betimes the next ..."
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