Word Meanings - UNTIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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;

Additional info about word: UNTIL

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. Note: 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.

Related words: (words related to UNTIL)

• BLITHE
  Gay; merry; sprightly; joyous; glad; cheerful; as, a blithe spirit. The blithe sounds of festal music. Prescott. A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. (more info) Icel. bli mild, gentle, Dan. & Sw. blid gentle, D. blijd blithe,
• EVENMINDED
  Having equanimity.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• EVENT
  1. That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix.
• TOWARDS
  See TOWARD
• EVENTILATION
  The act of eventilating; discussion. Bp. Berkely.
• ROUSSETTE
  A fruit bat, especially the large species inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• STAIDNESS
  The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or Ant: levity. If sometimes he appears too gray, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the staidness
• BLITHELY
  In a blithe manner.
• EVENTFUL
  Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.
• EVENTIDE
  The time of evening; evening. Spenser.
• STAID
  imp. & p. p. of Stay.
• STAIDLY
  In a staid manner, sedately.
• MATERIALNESS
  The state of being material.
• BLITHENESS
  The state of being blithe. Chaucer.
• UNTIL
  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;
• EVENTRATION
  A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen. A wound, of large extent, in the abdomen, through which the greater part of the intestines protrude. The act af disemboweling.
• HASTENER
  1. One who hastens. 2. That which hastens; especially, a stand or reflector used for confining the heat of the fire to meat while roasting before it.
• EVENTLESS
  Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.
• TROUSSEAU
  The collective lighter equipments or outfit of a bride, including clothes, jewelry, and the like; especially, that which is provided for her by her family.
• CARNIVOROUS
  Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
• BARBAROUS
  slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. Barbarous
• LUSTROUS
  Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous." Shak. -- Lus"trous*ly, adv.
• GYPSIFEROUS
  Containing gypsum.
• INDECOROUSNESS
  The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
• CIRROUS
  Cirrose.
• PURPURIPAROUS
  Producing, or connected with, a purple-colored secretion; as, the purpuriparous gland of certain gastropods.
• ANANTHEROUS
  Destitute of anthers. Gray.
• MURIATIFEROUS
  Producing muriatic substances or salt.
• POLYSPOROUS
  Containing many spores.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• ONEROUS
  Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." I. Taylor. Onerous cause , a good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.
• TETTEROUS
  Having the character of, or pertaining to, tetter.
• SEBIPAROUS
  See SEBIFEROUS
• VALOROUS
  Possessing or exhibiting valor; brave; courageous; valiant; intrepid. -- Val"or*ous*ly, adv.
• INNUMEROUS
  Innumerable. Milton.
• SOPORIFEROUS
  Causing sleep; somniferous; soporific. "Soporiferous medicine." Swift. --- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Sop`o*rif"er*ous*ness, n.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.