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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sometime \Some"time'\, adverb
1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
Did they not sometime cry ''All hail'' 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. ''Sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sometime \Some"time'\ (s[u^]m"t[imac]m'), adjective Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak.
Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sometime
adjective: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}]
adverb: at some indefinite or unstated time; "let's get together sometime"; "everything has to end sometime"; "It was to be printed sometime later"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "sometime": ancient, any time, before long, by and by, bygone, early, erstwhile, eventually, finally, fore, former, immemorial, in due time, late, old, olden, once, one day, one fine day, one fine morning, onetime, past, prehistoric, previous, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, some fine day, some sweet day, someday, somewhen, soon, sooner or later, then, ultimately, whilom, yet
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