To-

To-
To- To- (?, see {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]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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