Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Older form of betimes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
  • adverb In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To occur; betide.
  • adverb betimes

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English bitimen ("to happen"), equivalent to be- +‎ time. Compare betide.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English by-tyme ("by time"), equivalent to by +‎ time.

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