Definition for HITH'ER-TO

HITH'ER-TO, [comp. hither and to.]

  1. To this time; yet. The Lord hath blessed me hitherto. Josh. xvii.
  2. In any time, or every time till now; in time preceding the present. More ample spirit than hitherto was wont. Spenser.
  3. To this place; to a prescribed limit. Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. Job xxxviii.

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