Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Until"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Until \Un*til"\, conj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the
time that; till. See {Till}, conj.

In open prospect nothing bounds our eye, Until the
earth seems joined unto the sky. --Dryden.

But the rest of the dead lives not again until the
thousand years were finished. --Rev. xx. 5.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Until \Un*til"\, prep. [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til
till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See {Unto}, and {Till},
prep.]
1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. --Chaucer.

Taverners until them told the same. --Piers
Plowman.

He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them
until. --Spenser.

2. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid
until evening; he will not come back until the end of the
month.

He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan
until the day of the captivity. --Judg. xviii.
30.

Note: In contracts and like documents until is construed as
exclusive of the date mentioned unless it was the
manifest intent of the parties to include it.


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