heretofore

[ heer-tuh-fawr, -fohr ]
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adverb
  1. before this time; until now.

Origin of heretofore

1
1300–50; Middle English heretoforn, equivalent to herehere + toforn,Old English tōforan (to + foran before; see fore1)

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British Dictionary definitions for heretofore

heretofore

/ (ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː) /


adverb
  1. formal until now; before this time

adjective
  1. obsolete previous; former

noun
  1. the heretofore archaic the past

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