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Webster 1913 Edition
Until
Un-til′
,p
rep.
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 monthHe and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan
until
the day of the captivity. Judg. xviii. 30.
☞ 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.
Un-til′
,c
onj.
As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See
Till
, c
onj.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Until
UNTIL'
, prep. [un and till. See Till.]1.
To; used of time.He and his sons were priests of the tribe of Dan, until the day of the captivity. Judges 18.
2.
To; used of objects. Obs.3.
Preceding a sentence or clause, to; that is, to the event mentioned, or the time of it; as, until this hour; until this year.The scepter shall not depart from Judah - until Shiloh come. Gen. 49.
4.
To the point or place of.In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,
Until the earth seems join'd unto the sky.
5.
To the degree that.Thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed. 2Chron. 18.
[Note. Until is always the same part of speech in fact, and has the same signification. The only difference is, that it is followed sometimes by a single word denoting time, and in other cases by a verb denoting an event, or a word denoting place or degree. The sense is in all cases to; and till may be used as its substitute, and in modern usage it is most common.]