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hereto, adv.|hɪəˈtuː| [f. here adv. 16 + to prep. Cf. MDu., Du. hiertoe, Ger. hierzu.] †1. To this place, hither. Obs.
c1205Lay. 25321 Her to he wule leden kinges. 1598R. Bernard tr. Terence, Andria i. i. (1629) 9/2 Being hereto driuen through very pouerty. 2. To this matter, subject, etc.; with reference to or in regard to this point.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 33 Ne þenche ȝe herto. a1225Ancr. R. 388 Herto ualleð a tale. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋325 Heer-to accordeth Seint Paul the Apostle. c1470Henry Wallace x. 1125 Will ye her to accord? 1526Tindale 2 Cor. viii. 10 And I geve counsell hereto. 1682Norris Hierocles 9 Agreeable hereto are the words of the Oracle. 3. (Annexed) to this document, etc.
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 152 An open sheet, whiche must here to be annexid. 1896Act 59–60 Vict. c. 13 §1 The acts enumerated in the schedule hereto. †4. In addition to this. Obs.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 45/2 Hauing no skill in warre⁓like discipline, and heerto being naked without furniture of armour. †5. Up to this time, hitherto. Obs.
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 39 For the better understanding such thinges as herto are spoken. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. lxxix. 159 b, Heereto he had bene a friend to the King of Calicut. 1607Shakes. Cor. ii. ii. 64 If he remember a kinder value of the People, then he hath hereto priz'd them at. † Hence ˌheretobeˈfore, adv. Obs. Heretofore.
1667Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. Introd. (1684) 3 To endeavour the restauration of what was heretobefore better and the abolition of what is worse. |