Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hitherto \Hith"er*to`\, adv.
   1. To this place; to a prescribed limit.

            Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. --Job
                                                  xxxviii. 11.

   2. Up to this time; as yet; until now.

            The Lord hath blessed me hitherto.    --Josh. xvii.
                                                  14.

Source : WordNet®

hitherto
     adv : used in negative statement to describe a situation that has
           existed up to this point or up to the present time; "So
           far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet" [syn: {so
           far}, {thus far}, {up to now}, {heretofore}, {as yet},
           {yet}, {til now}, {until now}]