"beforetime" meaning in English

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        "2": "before",
        "3": "time"
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      "expansion": "before + time",
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  "etymology_text": "From before + time.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "ref": "1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Burdens, lines 33–36",
          "text": "Thou shalt see\nGold tarnished, and the grey above the green\nAnd as the thing thou seest thy face shall be\nAnd no more as the thing beforetime seen.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Formerly, previously."
      ],
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          "previously",
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        "(archaic) Formerly, previously."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɪˈfɔːtʌɪm/",
      "tags": [
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  "word": "beforetime"
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        "2": "before",
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      "expansion": "before + time",
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  "etymology_text": "From before + time.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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      ],
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        "Formerly, previously."
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        "(archaic) Formerly, previously."
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  "word": "beforetime"
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