UNTIL

until. Until, ad. to the time that, to the place that

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Un‐til″ (?), prep. [[OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See Unto, and Till, prep.]] 1. 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. 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. ☞ 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.