until

conj. As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj. [ 1913 Webster ]

In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,
Until the earth seems joined unto the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished. Rev. xx. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Taverners until them told the same. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them until. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity. Judg. xviii. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]