afore UK /əˈfɔː/US /əˈfoɹ/adverb 3preposition 2conjunction 1 adverb3 •(dialect, no longer used) Before, temporally.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 :[…] — 1610 •(dialect, no longer used) Before, in front, spatially.He sees the soldiers, with their red coats lighted up by the torches carried afore, closing in round him. — 1860 •(dialect, no longer used) In the fore part of a ship. preposition2 •Before; in advance of the time of. •Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of. conjunction1 •In advance of the time when; before.Now the hand of the Lord was vpon mee in the euening, afore hee that was escaped came, and had opened my mouth vntill hee came to mee in the morning, and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumbe. — 1611
