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affor

affor is the obsolete spelling of afore.

Meaning of afore

Adverb

afore (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Before, temporally.
    • Stephano: He's in his fit now ; and doe's not talke after the wiſeſt ; hee ſhall taſte of my Bottle : if hee haue neuer drunke wine afore, it will goe neere to remoue his Fit :[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (archaic, dialectal) Before, in front, spatially.
    • He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 39
    1. (archaic, dialectal) In the fore part of a ship.

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Questions about affor

What is affor the obsolete spelling of?
Affor is the obsolete spelling of afore.

Words near affor in the dictionary

  1. Affolters
  2. affoord
  3. affoorded
  4. affoording
  5. affoords
  6. affor
  7. afforce
  8. afforced
  9. afforced council
  10. afforced councils
  11. afforcement

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