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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