(v) :Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously; so soon
"it was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. —Doyle"
(v) :Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously; so soon
"it was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. —Doyle"