Multiple times in the past; on previous occasions.
From 'aforetime' with the addition of a plural or iterative '-s' ending. Rare variant emphasizing that something happened repeatedly in earlier periods.
This word is so archaic that it rarely appears in modern texts, but its very existence shows how English speakers once wanted precise ways to talk about whether something happened once or many times in the past.
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