different between hereto vs herefor

English

Etymology

• Pronominal adverb formed by here and to

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h???tu?/

Adverb

hereto (not comparable)

1. (archaic) to here, to this
2. (archaic) yet, so far
   • c. 1980, Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens), How I Came to Islam

     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.

Synonyms

• (yet, so far): erenow, thus far, up to now; see also Thesaurus:hitherto

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• hetero, hetero-, othere

Catalan

Verb

hereto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of heretar

Latin

Verb

h?r?t?

1. second-person singular future active imperative of h?re?
2. third-person singular future active imperative of h?re?

English

Alternative forms

• herefore [1549], herefor [1901, current]

Etymology

From the Middle English h?r-for; equivalent to here +? for; compare herefore, therefor, and wherefor, as well as the Danish herfor, the Dutch hiervoor, the German hierfür, and the Swedish härför.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hîrfôr?, IPA^(key): /h???f??/

Adverb

herefor (not comparable)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this.

References

• “† Herefor, -fore, adv.” listed on page 238 of volume V (H–K), § i (H) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
  † Herefor, -fore, adv. Obs. exc. Sc. [f. Here adv. 16 + For prep.: compare therefore; Du. hiervoor, Ger. hierfür, Da. herfor.] [¶] 1. For this: instead or in consideration of this, with a view to this. Still in occas. Sc. use, written herefor. [¶] a 1300 Cursor M. 17506 Þir guiftes her for [Cott. þar-for] giue we ?u. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 343 He was tau?t to strive not herfore. 1549 Chaloner Erasmus on Folly Sija, Herefore haue I obteined the mercy of god. Mod. Sc. For the sum of twenty pounds, being the consideration herefor given. [¶] † 2. For this reason, on this account, therefore. [¶] c 1200 Vices & Virtues 5 Hierfore ic am neðer and unmihti. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 149 Herfor kyng Richard wrathes him. 1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 66 Here-fore þe gospel of Mathew seys þat crist bad vs pray thus. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. li. 35 Saynt albone suffred his martirdome before that saynt edmond was martryd and herfor saynt albone is callyd the fyrst martir of Englond. 1581 Pettie Guazzo’s Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 2, I will not heerefore commende you so much. c 1620 A. Hume Brit. Tongue (1865) 13 Heerfoer, for distinctiones of both sound and symbol, I wald commend the symbol and name of i and u to the voual sound. 1697 Dallas Stiles i. 84 Herefore I beseech your Lordships, that ye would..ordain the said Director..to grant..Precepts.
• “†herefor, -fore, adv.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)

Anagrams

• feroher