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heretofore, adv. (a., n.)|hɪətəˈfɔə(r)|
Also 4–5 heretoforn(e.
[f. here adv. 16 + tofore, OE. tóforan; cf. MDu. hiertevoren, Ger. hierzuvor.]
A. adv. Before this time; before now; in time past; formerly.
c1350Will. Palerne 1816 For here-to-fore of hardnesse hadestow neuer. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love iii. viii. (Skeat) l. 113 Will of rightfulnesse is the ilke same rightfulnesse as here toforne is shewed. c1430Hymns Virg. 87 Where ben þese worþi þat were heere-to-forn? 1555Eden Decades 214 The lyke hath not heretofore byn knowen. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) I. 126 The Pagans heretofore Did their own Handyworks adore. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. ii. §11 The political writings of such as have heretofore passed for wise men. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. iii. 244, I tried the methods heretofore pursued.
B. adj. Former, previous.
1491Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 22 §3 Annuyties graunted..by..Piers Courteney somtyme Bisshoppe of Excestre or by any othre heretoforn Bisshoppe there. 1656–7R. Venning Mercies Memorial 17 Heretofore-mercies are grounds to look for hereafter-mercies. 1839C. L. H. Papendiek Crt. & Priv. Life Q. Charlotte (1887) II. xv. 94 But he felt the loss, for them, of his heretofore allowances. a1864Hawthorne Amer. Note-Bks. (1879) I. 22 In his heretofore voyages.
C. n. Time past; the past.
1824Galt Rothelan vi. vi, The same sort of being that he has been in the heretofore. 1876J. Martineau Hours Th. (1877) 230 The relation of his Now to a heretofore and a hereafter. |