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əˈfɔr, əˈfoʊrafore

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  1. aforeadverb

    Before.

  2. aforeadverb

    In the fore part of a ship.

  3. aforepreposition

    before

  4. Etymology: afore, aforn, from onforan or ætforan. ()

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Aforeadverb

    Whosoever should make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house a tree should be taken, and he thereon be hanged. Esdras, vi. 22.

    If he never drank wine afore, it will go near to remove his fit. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

    Æmilia, run you to the citadel,
    And tell my lord and lady what hath hap’d;
    Will you go on afore? William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Approaching nigh, he reared high afore
    His body monstrous, horrible and vast. Fairy Queen.

  2. Aforeprep.

    Etymology: from a and fore.

    If your diligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore you. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

Wikipedia

  1. afore

    Retirement Funds Administrators (Spanish: Administradoras de Fondos para el Retiro, abbreviated AFORE) are companies authorized to manage individual retirement accounts as authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico and overseen by Comisión Nacional del Sistema de Ahorro para el Retiro (CONSAR). AFORES manage accounts that accumulate contributions by the employer, the federal government and the employee.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aforeadverb

    before

  2. Aforeadverb

    in the fore part of a vessel

  3. Afore

    before (in all its senses)

  4. Afore

    before; in front of; farther forward than; as, afore the windlass

  5. Etymology: [OE. afore, aforn, AS. onforan or tforan; pref. a- + fore.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Afore

    a-fōr′, prep. (B. and Shak.) beforehand, previously.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. afore

    A Saxon word opposed to abaft, and signifying that part of the ship which lies forward or near the stem. It also means farther forward; as, the galley is afore the bitts.--Afore, the same as before the mast.--Afore the beam, all the field of view from amidship in a right angle to the ship's keel to the horizon forward.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of afore in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of afore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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