Deeper Dive: sometime

Some"time` (?), adv.
1.At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me? Shak.
2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.
"Sometime we see a cloud thats dragonish, A vapor sometime like a bear or lion." Shak.
3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. "Sometime he reckon shall." Chaucer.
Some"time` (sŭm"tīm`), a.Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak.
Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd.


-- Webster's unabridged 1913







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