at the first

English

Prepositional phrase

at the first

  1. Dated form of at first.
    • 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 66:
      Professor Flinders Petrie, although doubtful at the first, has for many years assigned the deposits in which they were found to the time of the XIIth Dynasty.
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