See tofore in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"text": "English: tofore (obsolete)"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"3": "fore"
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"In front of."
],
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"In front of",
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Closer than something (with reference to the speaker)."
],
"links": [
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"Close",
"close"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"In the presence of; before."
],
"links": [
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"before",
"before"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Earlier than; prior to."
]
},
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"To a degree greater than; more so than."
],
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"more so",
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"ipa": "/toːˈfɔːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/toːˈfɔːr(ə)n/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔ-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tə-/"
}
],
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"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforen"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforon"
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"sense": "adverb and preposition",
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toffor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toffore"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofforn"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforowe"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofour"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovore"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovoren"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tefor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tefore"
},
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},
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"conjunction"
],
"word": "to-fore"
},
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"conjunction"
],
"word": "to-forn"
},
{
"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
"word": "to-for"
}
],
"word": "tofore"
}
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"Middle English conjunctions",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English prepositions",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms prefixed with to-",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Time"
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{
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:",
"text": "Never sith myght he be heled, ne nought shal tofore we come to hym.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Indicates that the antecedent clause occurred before the consequent clause in time."
],
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[
"antecedent",
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[
"consequent",
"consequent"
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/toːˈfɔːr(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/toːˈfɔːr(ə)n/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tɔ-/"
},
{
"ipa": "/tə-/"
}
],
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"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforen"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforon"
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{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforn"
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{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforne"
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{
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"word": "toforan"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toffor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toffore"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofforn"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "toforowe"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tofour"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovore"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tovoren"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tefor"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "tefore"
},
{
"sense": "adverb and preposition",
"word": "teforen"
},
{
"tags": [
"conjunction"
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},
{
"tags": [
"conjunction"
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"word": "tofor"
},
{
"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
"word": "to-fore"
},
{
"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
"word": "to-forn"
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"tags": [
"conjunction"
],
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}
],
"word": "tofore"
}
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