资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\, a.
   Prepared; previously provided; -- opposed to {behindhand}.
   [Archaic or Dial.]

         Aforehand in all matters of power.       --Bacon.

Aforehand \A*fore"hand`\adv.
   Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]

         She is come aforehand to anoint my body. --Mark xiv. 8.