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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Heretofore \Here'to*fore"\, adverb Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

heretofore

adverb: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: {so far}, {thus far}, {up to now}, {hitherto}, {as yet}, {yet}, {til now}, {until now}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "heretofore": aforetime, already, as yet, before, before all, before now, beforetime, by this time, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst, erstwhile, formerly, hereunto, historically, hitherto, in the past, in times past, once, only yesterday, or ever, prehistorically, previously, priorly, recently, so far, still, then, then as previously, theretofore, thus far, till now, to date, to this day, until now, until this time, up to now, whilom, yesterday, yet

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