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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sometime \Some"time`\, adv.
1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.
Did they not sometime cry ``All hail'' to me?
--Shak.
2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then;
sometimes.
Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor
sometime like a bear or lion. --Shak.
3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime.
``Sometime he reckon shall.'' --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sometime \Some"time`\, a.
Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.
Our sometime sister, now our queen. --Shak.
Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. --Talfourd.