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here·to·fore
(hîr′tə-fôr′)adv.
Up to the present time; before this; previously.
[Middle English : here, here; see here + tofore, previously (from Old English tōforan : tō, to; see to + foran, before, from fore; see fore).]
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heretofore
(ˌhɪətʊˈfɔː)adv
(Law) formal until now; before this time
adj
obsolete previous; former
n
the heretofore archaic the past
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here•to•fore
(ˌhɪər təˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr)adv.
before this time; until now.
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heretofore
[ˌhɪətʊˈfɔːʳ] ADV (frm) (= up to specified point) → hasta aquí; (= up to now) → hasta ahora, hasta este momento; (= previously) → con anterioridadCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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