theretofore
[th air-tuh-fawr, -fohr]
- before or until that time.
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Origin of theretofore
First recorded in 1300–50, theretofore is from the Middle English word ther tofore. See there, heretofore
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Contemporary Examples of theretofore
It's why a number of commentators who had theretofore said Benghazi was nothing was now something.
Historical Examples of theretofore
Life's naked brutalities had theretofore been largely out of his ken.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
Immediately, as if nothing but her eye had prevented it theretofore, the search was instituted.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
For Cleopatra, theretofore, had held her own against the best.
Too Old for DollsAnthony Mario Ludovici
No, not quite that expression as it always had been theretofore, but a modified form of it.
The Grain Of DustDavid Graham Phillips
Theretofore, the Christians had been silent from discipline, now they were silent from wonder.
The Fair GodLew Wallace
theretofore
- formal before that time; previous to that
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