hitherto

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HITH'ERTO, adverb To this time; yet. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto Joshua 17:14. 1. In any time, or every time till now; in time preceding the present. 2. To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job 38:11.
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