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.
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.
&fist; 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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