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# heretofore

«heretofore» in Mova's school dictionary: **Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (formal, old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Up until now, before this time: the rules heretofore were simple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heretofore/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, it shows how things were before a change; a formal, old word

### examples

- Heretofore the castle gates were always open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heretofore/#x1)
- Heretofore we had never seen a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heretofore/#x2)
- The house was quiet heretofore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heretofore/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- ['Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.122/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «heretofore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/heretofore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.