heretofore
adv/ˌhɪətəˈfɔː/UK/ˈhɪɹtəfɔɹ/US
Etymology
From Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to here (“here”) + toforn (“before”), from Old English tōforan (“before”). More at here, tofore.
- inherited from tōforan
- inherited from heretoforn
Definitions
Before now, until now, up to the present time
Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:heretofore.
Previously within the present text
Previously within the present text; earlier herein.
- heretofore referred to as
- heretofore mentioned
The neighborhood
- neighbor—
- neighborhenceafter
- neighborhenceforth
- neighborhenceforward
- neighborhenceforwards
- neighborhencefrom
- neighborhereabout
- neighborhereabouts
- neighborhereabove
- neighborhereafter
- neighborhereafters
- neighborhereagainst
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for heretofore. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA