until

UNTIL', preposition [un and till. See Till.]1. To; used of time.He and his sons were priests of the tribe of Dan, until the day of the captivity. Judges 18:30.2. To; used of objects. obsolete 3. Preceding a sentence or clause, to; that is, to the event mentioned, or the time of it; as, until this hour; until this year.The scepter shall not depart from Judah - until Shiloh come. Genesis 49:10.4. To the point or place of.In open prospect nothing bounds our eye, UNTIL the earth seems join'd unto the sky.5. To the degree that.Thou shalt push Syria, until they be consumed. 2 Chronicles 18:10.[Note. until is always the same part of speech in fact, and has the same signification. The only difference is, that it is followed sometimes by a single word denoting time, and in other cases by a verb denoting an event, or a word denoting place or degree. The sense is in all cases to; and till may be used as its substitute, and in modern usage it is most common.]