- tóforan
- prep w.d. (time and place) before; (superiority) above, over, beyond; besides
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heretofore — /hear teuh fawr , fohr /, adv. before this time; until now. [1300 50; ME heretoforn, equiv. to here HERE + toforn, OE toforan (to TO + foran before; see FORE1)] * * * … Universalium
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heretofore — here|to|fore [ˌhıətuˈfo: US ˈhırtufo:r] adv formal [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: here + tofore before (11 17 centuries) (from Old English toforan)] before this time ▪ In recent years we have seen greater emphasis than heretofore on the voice of the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
heretofore — c.1200, from HERE (Cf. here) + obsolete O.E. toforan … Etymology dictionary
swine — O.E. swin pig, hog, from P.Gmc. *swinan (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. M.L.G., O.H.G. swin, M.Du. swijn, Du. zwijn, Ger. Schwein), neuter adjective (with suffix * ino ) from PIE *su (see SOW (Cf. sow) (n.)). The native word, largely ousted by PIG (Cf … Etymology dictionary
heretofore — [hir΄to͞o fôr′, hir′to͞o fôr΄; hir΄təfôr, hir′təfôr] adv. [ME her (see HERE) + toforen, before < OE toforan] up until now; until the present; before this … English World dictionary
tofore — adverb Etymology: Middle English toforen, tofore, from Old English tōforan, from tō to + foran before, from fore more at to, fore obsolete : before would thou wert as thou tofore … Useful english dictionary
