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

Tofore \To*fore"\, Toforn \To*forn"\, prep. & adv. [AS.
   t[=o]foran. See {To}, prep., {Fore}.]
   Before. [Obs.]

         Toforn him goeth the loud minstrelsy.    --Chaucer.

         Would thou wert as thou tofore hast been! --Shak.