Facts they had heard while they were yet heathens.
Addison.
3. Up to the present time; thus far; hitherto; until now; -- and with the negative, not yet, not up to the present time; not as soon as now; as, Is it time to go? Not yet. See As yet, under As, conj.
Ne never yet no villainy ne said.
Chaucer.
4. Before some future time; before the end; eventually; in time. "He 'll be hanged yet." Shak.