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heretofore

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here⋅to⋅fore

  [heer-tuh-fawr, -fohr]
Use heretofore in a Sentence
–adverb
before this time; until now.
Origin:
1300–50; ME heretoforn, equiv. to here here + toforn, OE tōforan (tō to + foran before; see fore 1 )
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here·to·fore   (hîr'tə-fôr', -fōr')   
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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