{ Be*time" (&?;), Be*times" (&?;), } adv. [Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending.] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early.
To measure life learn thou betimes.
Milton.
To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work.
Barrow.