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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. He . . . came till an house. --Chaucer. Women, up till this Cramped under worse than South-sea-isle taboo. --Tennyson. Similar sentiments will recur to every one familiar with his writings -- all through them till the very end. --Prof. Wilson. {Till now}, to the present time. {Till then}, to that time. | |
