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Herefrom vs Hereto - What's the difference?

herefrom | hereto |

In archaic terms the difference between herefrom and hereto

is that herefrom is henceforth, from now on while hereto is regarding this subject.

herefrom

English

Adverb

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  • (archaic) henceforth, from now on
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Pindar, title=The Extant Odes of Pindar, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage='Cease ye herefrom : let her enter a mortal's couch and see her son fall in war, who shall be as Ares in the might of his hands, and as the lightning in the swiftness of his feet. }}

    hereto

    English

    Adverb

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  • (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...
  • (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 .
  • (archaic) regarding this subject
  • Usage notes

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