betimes
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betimes
- /bɪˈtaɪmz/ UK, US
- /bəˈtaɪmz/ UK, US
Rhymes with -aɪmz
Where it comes from
From Middle English betymes, from bi (“by”) + time + adverbial -s. By surface analysis, betime + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare also betides.
adverb
- In good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably. Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.
- In a short time, soon; quickly, forthwith. [O]ne prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass.
