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# betimes

«betimes» in Mova's school dictionary: **early, or in good time before something happens** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (no other forms) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

in old stories a person gets up or arrives betimes, meaning early in the day or before the right moment.

### examples

- You are come betimes to-day, said the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betimes/#x1)
- Jason went betimes in the morning to the palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betimes/#x2)
- If you start betimes, you will finish the job before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/betimes/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### 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/school/B/betimes/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.