\Un*til"\, prep. [OE. until, ontil; un- (as in unto) + til
till; cf. Dan. indtil, Sw. intill. See {Unto}, and {Till},
prep.]
1. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects. --Chaucer.

         Taverners until them told the same.   --Piers
                                               Plowman.

         He roused himself full blithe, and hastened them
         until.                                --Spenser.

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.

Note: 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.

\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.