Definition of "heretofore" []

• Up to the present time; before this; previously. (adverb)

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• "Severin's 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer is exquisite, adding considerable lustre to a title heretofore known in this country only through dupey, unsubtitled, bootleg tapes."
• ""The traversers" [4] were in everybody's mouth -- a term heretofore confined to law courts, and lawyers 'rooms."
• "She seems nice enough and she's attractive, but her claim to fame heretofore is her role as Lil 'Wayne's baby mama."