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单词 hitherto
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hithertoadv.adj.

Brit. /ˌhɪðəˈtuː/, /ˈhɪðətuː/, /hɪðəˈtuː/, U.S. /ˈhɪðərˌtu/, /ˌhɪðərˈtu/
Forms: see hither v.
Etymology: < hither adv. + to prep.
A. adv.
1. Up to this time, until now, as yet.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto
yetOE
hithertoa1225
hitherward1297
hithera1400
hithertilla1400
hithertowarda1400
hitherwardsc1400
as yetc1405
as yet1484
hitherunto1505
hereto1559
until the (also this) present1600
heretobefore1667
up to the present1826
a1225 Leg. Kath. 447 Hwucche men þu hauest ihaued hiderto to meistres.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4554 I haf soght..both farr and nerr..Bot hider-to moght i noght spede.
1482 Monk of Evesham 24 Verely wele y was hedir to but now..verely euyl y am and fele my selfe.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) John ii. f. cxxj Thou hast kept backe the goode wyne hetherto.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xviii. 93 Except the vulgar be better taught than they have hetherto been.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. vii. 46 The veil under which he had hitherto concealed his real sentiments.
1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 414 Objects hitherto unknown to Europe.
2. Up to this point (in discourse, writing, argument, etc.); thus far. Obsolete (or merged in sense A. 1).
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > yet, still, or hitherto > in discourse, writing, etc.
hitherto?c1225
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 38 Þis is nu þe forme dale þet haueð ispeken hiderto.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlix. 1 Hyderto the domes of Moab.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 159 b/2 Hyderto endure the wordes of the sayd Sermon.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiiiiv Thus hetherto we haue shewed [etc.].
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 197 Hetherto doth loue on fortune tend. View more context for this quotation
1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. II. xviii. 321 Hitherto of arranging single words.
3. To this place or point in space; thus far. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards this place or direction
hitherc725
hereOE
hitherwarda1100
hitherwardsc1200
heretoc1275
hither1340
hereunto1509
hitherto1535
hereaway1549
this-way-ward1662
this-a-way1903
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxxviii. 11 Hither to shalt thou come, but no further.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 71 England from Trent, and Seuerne hitherto, By South and East is to my part assignd. View more context for this quotation
1694 S. Johnson Notes Pastoral Let. 64 Hitherto shall ye come and no further.
4. To this end or purpose; to this subject or division; hereto; = hither adv. 4. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > with this or that intention or purpose
thereforec1175
therefornea1300
whereto1535
hithera1538
thithera1616
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
with this (or that) view1696
the world > relative properties > relationship > [adverb] > in relation or with reference to or concerning > concerning this or that
hereofc1050
herec1175
hereonc1175
heretoc1175
hereuponc1175
thereofa1200
hereanenta1225
hereabout?c1225
herein?c1225
herebyc1230
therebya1250
theretilla1300
thereabouta1375
thereto1377
hereforc1380
thereanenta1400
thereata1400
thereuntoa1400
thereanentsc1400
thereonc1400
thereupon1414
thereoffena1450
thereatour1457
herintil1489
hereunto1509
thereover1535
hithera1538
hereabouts1584
thereabouts1592
hitherunto1635
hitherto1637
1637 J. Pocklington Sunday no Sabbath 2 Hitherto, if I can but hold me by my text, I hope not to fall into impertinences.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 253 Hitherto belongeth mad love.
B. adj.
[attributive use of adverb: compare then.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > up to this time or until now
hitherto1787
1787 F. Burney Diary 27 Jan. (1842) III. 303 All his hitherto offences.
1874 J. H. Newman Tracts Theol. & Eccl. 365 The hitherto editions.
1883 T. H. Green Proleg. Ethics iii. ii. 207 The hitherto experience of men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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