heretoadv.
/hɪəˈtuː/ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards this place or direction
hitherc725
hereOE
hitherwarda1100
hitherwardsc1200
heretoc1275
hither1340
hereunto1509
hitherto1535
hereaway1549
this-way-ward1662
this-a-way1903
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12637 Her-to he wule leden kinges.
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terence in Eng. 9 Being hereto driuen through very pouerty.
2. To this matter, subject, etc.; with reference to or in regard to this point.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 33 Ne þenche ȝe herto.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 284 Herto falleð a tale.
c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋325 Heer-to accordeth Seint Paul the Apostle.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 1139 Will ȝe her-to accord?
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. viii. 10 And I geve counsell hereto.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 9 Agreeable hereto are the words of the Oracle.
3. (Annexed) to this document, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [adverb]
on?a1200
toc1425
hereto1559
thereat1566
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 152 An open sheet, whiche must here to be annexid.
1896 Act 59 & 60 Vict. c. 13 §1 The acts enumerated in the schedule hereto.
ΚΠ
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 64/2 in Chron. I Hauing no skill in war-like discipline, & hereto being naked withoute furniture of armor.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto
yetOE
hithertoa1225
hitherward1297
hithera1400
hithertilla1400
hithertowarda1400
hitherwardsc1400
as yetc1405
as yet1484
hitherunto1505
hereto1559
until the (also this) present1600
heretobefore1667
up to the present1826
1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 39 For the better understanding such thinges as herto are spoken.
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxix. 159 b Heereto he had bene a friend to the King of Calicut.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. ii. 60 If he remember a kinder value of the People, then he hath hereto priz'd them at. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto
yetOE
hithertoa1225
hitherward1297
hithera1400
hithertilla1400
hithertowarda1400
hitherwardsc1400
as yetc1405
as yet1484
hitherunto1505
hereto1559
until the (also this) present1600
heretobefore1667
up to the present1826
1667 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia: 1st Pt. (1684) i. Introd. 3 To endeavour the restauration of what was heretobefore better and the abolition of what is worse.
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