Meanings
- not comparableIn times past, at a prior time; in the past.
And at last I came back to me, after sailing on surgeful waves; at this moment, between the Present and the Future, the Past and the Present, — forgetting what the world was, yestertime,—forgetting what I was, yestertime.
1920, Yoné Noguchi, Seen & unseen, or, Monologues of a homeless snailSynonyms: beforehand
Synonyms & antonyms
nounTime previous to the present; the past.
adverbIn times past, at a prior time; in the past.
Origin
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