afore
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Is afore a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adv (English)
1. (archaic, dialect) Before, temporally.Examples: "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 :[…]"; "A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well."archaicdialectalnot-comparable
2. (archaic, dialect) Before, in front, spatially.Examples: "He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him."archaicdialectalnot-comparable
3. (archaic, dialect) Before, in front, spatially.archaicdialectalnot-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary