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Thereto vs Theretofore - What's the difference?

thereto | theretofore |

As adverbs the difference between thereto and theretofore

is that thereto is (archaic|quaint) to that while theretofore is until that time.

thereto

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic, quaint) To that.
  • I require the operating manual thereto .
  • * c. 1430' (reprinted '''1888 ), Thomas Austin, ed., ''Two Fifteenth-century Cookery-books. Harleian ms. 279 (ab. 1430), & Harl. ms. 4016 (ab. 1450), with Extracts from Ashmole ms. 1429, Laud ms. 553, & Douce ms. 55 [Early English Text Society, Original Series; 91], London: 374760, page 11:
  • Soupes dorye. — Take gode almaunde mylke
  • (archaic, quaint, or, poetic) To it.
  • A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be. —Jack Kerouac

    theretofore

    English

    Adverb

    (head)
  • Until that time.
  • Before that.