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.

Until
(Un*til"), conj. As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to the time that; till. See Till, conj.

In open prospect nothing bounds our eye,
Until the earth seems joined unto the sky.
Dryden.

But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished.
Rev. xx. 5.

Untile
(Un*tile") v. t. [1st pref. un- + tile.] To take the tiles from; to uncover by removing the tiles.

Untime
(Un*time") n. An unseasonable time. [Obs.]

A man shall not eat in untime.
Chaucer.

Untimeliness
(Un*time"li*ness) n. Unseasonableness.

Untimely
(Un*time"ly), a. Not timely; done or happening at an unnatural, unusual, or improper time; unseasonable; premature; inopportune; as, untimely frosts; untimely remarks; an untimely death.

Untimely
(Un*time"ly), adv. Out of the natural or usual time; inopportunely; prematurely; unseasonably. "Let them know . . . what's untimely done." Shak.

Untimeous
(Un*time"ous) a. Untimely. [R.] Sir W. Scott.

Untimeously
(Un*time"ous*ly), adv. Untimely; unseasonably. [R.]

Untithed
(Un*tithed") a. Not subjected tithes.

Untitled
(Un*ti"tled) a.

1. Not titled; having no title, or appellation of dignity or distinction. Spenser.

2. Being without title or right; not entitled. Shak.

Unto
(Un"to) prep. [OE. unto; un- (only in unto, until) unto, as far as + to to; this un- is akin to AS. until, OFries. und OS. und until, conj. Goth. und unto, until. See To, and cf. Until.]

1. To; — now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.

2. Until; till. [Obs.] "He shall abide it unto the death of the priest." Num. xxxv. 25.

Unto
(Un"to), conj. Until; till. [Obs.] "Unto this year be gone." Chaucer.

Untold
(Un*told") a.

1. Not told; not related; not revealed; as, untold secrets.

2. Not numbered or counted; as, untold money.

Untolerable
(Un*tol"er*a*ble) a. Intolerable. [Obs.]


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