foretime

American  

[fawr-tahym, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌtaɪm, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

1. former or past time; the past.

---

foretime British  

/ ˈfɔːˌtaɪm /

noun

1. time already gone; the past

---

Etymology

Origin of foretime

First recorded in 1530–40; fore- + time

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

foretime

And this is the prophecy, written right bold On a parchment all tattered and yellow and old; So old and so tattered that nobody knows How far into foretime its origin goes.

From The Glugs of Gosh by Dennis, C. J. (Clarence James)

Whatever might be the feigned facts of the Grecian foretime, they were altogether outdone in antiquity and wonder by the actual history of Egypt.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

The feel of cool linen comes like the caress of a forgotten sweetheart, the tinkle of glass and silver are so many chiming fairy bells inviting him back into the foretime days.

From The Silver Horde by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

With the speed of Light his mental vision flashed back along and over the valley of the dead years, and saw arrayed before it all the strange phasmaramas of the foretime.

From Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Randolph, Paschal Beverly

Two great anatomists built up the structure of scientific human anatomy on the rather good foundation that had been laid on animal anatomy in the foretime.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.