hereto

English

Etymology

• Pronominal adverb formed by here and to

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌhɪɹˈtuː/

Adverb

hereto (not comparable)

1. (archaic) to here, to this
   • 1697, Daniel Defoe, An Essay upon Projects

     I, A. B., do solemnly swear and attest that the account hereto annexed is true and right...

2. (archaic) yet, so far
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus

     Which the rather / We shall be bless'd to do, if he remember / A kinder value of the people than / He hath hereto priz'd them at.

   • 1861, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage

     Lords had not been frequent among her acquaintance hereto.

   • Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)

     I realized that everything belongs to God, that slumber does not overtake Him. He created everything. At this point I began to lose the pride in me, because hereto I had thought the reason I was here was because of my own greatness.

3. (archaic) regarding this subject

Usage notes

• In current English, hereto is extremely formal and used mostly in legal contexts.

Translations

to here; to this

• Finnish: tälle (fi), tänne (fi)
• Maori: ki konei

• Portuguese: até aqui

so far — see so far

regarding this subject

• Finnish: tämän suhteen

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: hiertoe (nl)

• German: hierzu (de)
• Swedish: härtill (sv)

See also

Here-, there-, and where- words

• (about): hereabout, thereabout, whereabout
• (abouts): hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts
• (after): hereafter, thereafter, whereafter
• (again): thereagain
• (against): thereagainst, whereagainst
• (among): thereamong, whereamong
• (around): therearound
• (as): thereas, whereas
• (at): hereat, thereat, whereat
• (before): herebefore, therebefore
• (beside): therebeside
• (by): hereby, thereby, whereby
• (fore): herefore, therefore, wherefore
• (from): herefrom, therefrom, wherefrom
• (in): herein, therein, wherein
• (in after): hereinafter, thereinafter, whereinafter
• (in before): hereinbefore, thereinbefore, whereinbefore
• (into): hereinto, thereinto, whereinto
• (of): hereof, thereof, whereof
• (on): hereon, thereon, whereon
• (to): hereto, thereto, whereto
• (tofore): heretofore, theretofore, wheretofore
• (under): hereunder, thereunder, whereunder
• (unto): hereunto, thereunto, whereunto
• (upon): hereupon, thereupon, whereupon
• (with): herewith, therewith, wherewith
• (withal): herewithal, therewithal, wherewithal

 

Anagrams

• hetero, hetero-, othere

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Catalan

Verb

hereto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of heretar

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Latin

Verb

hērētō

1. second-person singular future active imperative of hēreō
2. third-person singular future active imperative of hēreō