\A*fore"hand`\adv.
Beforehand; in anticipation. [Archaic or Dial.]
      She is come aforehand to anoint my body. --Mark xiv. 8.

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