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# betimes

«betimes» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **early** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic word

### modern equivalent

early

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Early, or in good time before something happens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betimes/#m1)

### how it differs from today

No longer used; today we say early or in good time.

### examples

- And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (Torah GEN.26.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betimes/#x1)
- He who wants to be a sickle must bend himself betimes.’ (Grimms' Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betimes/#x2)
- "Good morning," said he to Little Claus; "you are come betimes to-day." (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betimes/#x3)

### primary record

betimes

### tests

manual 10.2; corpora 13 (Torah 1, tales 12, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 1.5 (Torah alone 2.3); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.373/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «betimes» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/B/betimes/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.