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English Dictionary: sometime by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sometime
adv
  1. at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"
adj
  1. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
    Synonym(s): erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sometime \Some"time`\, adv.
      1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
  
                     Did they not sometime cry [bd]All hail[b8] to me?
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then;
            sometimes.
  
                     Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor
                     sometime like a bear or lion.            --Shak.
  
      3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
            [bd]Sometime he reckon shall.[b8] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sometime \Some"time`\, a.
      Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
  
               Our sometime sister, now our queen.         --Shak.
  
               Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.
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