hitherto

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. zarf Up to this or that time.

   “All men att the begynnynge⸝ ſett forth goode wyne⸝ And when men be dronke⸝ then thatt which is worſſe: Butt thou haſt kept backe the goode wyne hetherto.”

2. zarf Up to this place.

   “Hither to ſhalt thou come, but no further, and here ſhalt thou laye downe thy proude and hye wawes.^([sic – meaning waves])”

3. zarf In speech or writing: up to this point; thus far.

   “The great man dovvne, you marke his fauourite flyes, / The poore aduanc'd, makes friends of enemies, / And hetherto doth loue on fortune tend, / For vvho not needes, ſhall neuer lacke a friend, / And vvho in vvant a hollovv friend doth try, / Directly ſeaſons him his enemy.”

4. zarf Synonym of hereto (“regarding this subject; to achieve this result; to this end”).

   “And the eſpeciall intent of this meeting is, to receive our Biſhops directions for the adminiſtration of the Sacraments and Preaching, as his Articles informe us. Hitherto, if I can but hold me by my text, I hope not to fall into impertinencies.”

5. sıfat Existing or occurring before now; former, preceding, previous.