1) (used to refer to a point of time in the past) at an earlier time (before)

2) all the young birds hatched at one time in a nest (brood)

3) (a beginning of) a period of time in history, life etc marked by special events or characteristics (epoch)

4) to lose, be without, energy, health or happiness (during one's time in a place) (languish)

5) a small animal like a lizard which spends most of its time in the water (newt)

6) common, seen or done everywhere (at the time in question) (prevalent)

7) in the earliest time in the world's history (primeval)

8) a person who reads, especially one who spends much time in reading; a senior lecturer (reader)