hitherwardadv.
/ˈhɪðəwəd/, U.S. /ˈhɪðərwərd/ archaic.† 3. Up to this time; until now; hitherto. Obsolete.
1. attributive.1831 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin lxi Their hitherward career.† b. hitherward and thitherward: see hither adv. 5.
a. Towards this place; in this direction; hither.
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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
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron (Laud) anno 1085 Menn..sædan þæt Cnut cyng of Den-mearcan..fundade hider-ward, and wolde ge-winnan þis land.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15364 Þe an hine putte hider-ward and þe oþer hine putte ȝeond-ward.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 516 Vor the baronie Vor loue him broȝte hiderward.
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. i. 3 Marching hitherward.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 794 Som infernal Spirit seen Hitherward bent. View more context for this quotation
1709 London Gaz. No. 4561/3 They..could discern five or six Sail more plying hitherward.
1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xvi. 182 It flows hitherward through old subterranean aqueducts.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [phrase] > hither and thither
hither and thitherc725
here and there1297
from place to placea1398
hitherward and thitherwarda1398
from post to pillarc1500
from pillar to posta1550
from wig to wall1602
hither and yon1787
hither and yond1831
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. i. 826 Grauele..is þere ygadrede to huples with contrarie [wyndes] þat rereþ parties þereof hiderwarde and þiderwarde.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. xiii. 14 A ship wiþoute gouernaunce is stired hiderwarde & þiderwarde.
2. On this side (of). Also figurative.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > to or on the nearer side
a-this-half1297
shortc1588
behither1650
hither1862
hitherward1864
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 51 Submerging them to the hair's-breadth hitherward of the drowning-point.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xii. 181 Hitherward of Sohr.
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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
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 150 For Gyneman was for þe Ston~henge hiderward ȝet wroþ.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 21 A grete Daneis felde..Þat euer siþen hiderward Kampedene men kalle.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 136 The mischeef that is befalle sin hedirwarde.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 46/1 From that tyme hytherwarde.
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