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to-
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to-, prep. [AS. to- asunder; akin to G. zer-, and perhaps to L. dis-, or Gr. .].
An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to , or All-to , under All, adv. [1913 Webster]
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