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单词 heretofore
释义 here·to·fore
I. \|hir]d.ə|fō(ə)r, |hiə], ]tə-, -fȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English heretofore, heretoforn, from here + tofore, toforn before, from Old English tōforan, from to + foran before, from fore — more at to, fore
: before this : up to this time : hitherto
 < I tell you now what we have heretofore kept secret from you — A.C.Whitehead >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English heretoforn, from heretoforn, adverb
archaic : previous
 < in his heretofore voyages — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
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