单词 | then-tofore |
释义 | † then-toforeadv. Obsolete. rare. Before then, before that time: = theretofore adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > in advance or beforehand > in advance of > that time or a specific date there-toforna1400 on this side of1436 then-tofore1629 1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 7 According to many graces and priuiledges then-tofore granted. 1706 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 268 Complaints made of the excessive charge thentofore of obtaining Lycences. 1785 J. Disney Mem. A. A. Sykes 130 Bishop Atterbury had thentofore written largely in support of the power of the convocation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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