Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE-TIME', or BE-TIMES'
BE-TIME', or BE-TIMES', adv. [be and time, that is, by the time.]
- Seasonably; in good season or time; before it is late. To measure life learn thou betimes. – Milton.
- Soon; in a short time. He tires betimes, that spurs too fast betimes. – Shak.
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