Definition of "erewhile" [ere•while]

• Archaic Some time ago; heretofore. (adverb)

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• "No game in the garths such as erewhile was gotten."
• "O earth! and night erewhile my only day; now may I open my eyes in freedom, for"
• "I at once became abject and a burden to those who erewhile wished to visit me; and when her father knew it, he took her from me and abjured me and drove me forth without ruth."