Until

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Until \Un*til"\, conj.
     As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the
     time that; till. See {Till}, conj.
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           In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,


           Until the earth seems joined unto the sky. --Dryden.
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           But the rest of the dead lives not again until the
           thousand years were finished.            --Rev. xx. 5.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Until \Un*til"\, prep. [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til
     till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See {Unto}, and {Till},
     prep.]
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     1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. --Chaucer.
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              Taverners until them told the same.   --Piers
                                                    Plowman.
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              He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them
              until.                                --Spenser.
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     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.
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              He and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan
              until the day of the captivity.       --Judg. xviii.
                                                    30.
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     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.
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