Till
- Till Till, prep. [OE. til, Icel. til; akin to Dan. til, Sw.
till, OFries. til, also to AS. til good, excellent, G. ziel
end, limit, object, OHG. zil, Goth. tils, gatils, fit,
convenient, and E. till to cultivate. See {Till}, v. t.]
To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in
respect to time, but formerly, also, of place, degree, etc.,
and still so used in Scotland and in parts of England and
Ireland; as, I worked till four o'clock; I will wait till
next week.
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He . . . came till an house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Women, up till this Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings -- all through them till the very end. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
{Till now}, to the present time.
{Till then}, to that time. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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