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Webster 1913 Edition
Betimes
{
Be-time′
,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. Shakespeare
Definition 2024
betimes
betimes
English
Adverb
betimes (not comparable)
- (dated) In good season or time; early, especially in the morning.
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
- Smart lad to slip betimes away
- From fields where glory does not stay.
- 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles, ch. 13,
- I was up betimes in the morning, but Holmes was afoot earlier still, for I saw him as I dressed, coming up the drive.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 786:
- However they dined very early, for the winter dusk fell betimes at this season [...].
- 1896, A. E. Houseman, "To An Athlete Dying Young," in A Shropshire Lad,
- (archaic) In a short time, soon.
- 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II,
- [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass.
- 1839, Doctrine and Covenants 121:43
- Reproving betimes with sharpness...and afterward showing forth an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved...
- 1898, The High History of the Holy Graal, translated by Sebastian Evans, Branch IX, Title II,
Translations
in good season or time