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- English Word To Definition In many phrases, and in connection with many other words, to has a pregnant meaning, or is used elliptically.
- English Word To Definition Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.
- English Word To Definition Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state.
- English Word To Definition Apposition; connection; antithesis; opposition; as, they engaged hand to hand.
- English Word To Definition Accord; adaptation; as, an occupation to his taste; she has a husband to her mind.
- English Word To Definition Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
- English Word To Definition Addition; union; accumulation.
- English Word To Definition Accompaniment; as, she sang to his guitar; they danced to the music of a piano.
- English Word To Definition Character; condition of being; purpose subserved or office filled.
- English Word To compound a felony Definition See under Compound, v. t.
- English Word To- Definition 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.
- English Word To-beat Definition To beat thoroughly or severely.
- English Word To-break Definition To break completely; to break in pieces.
- English Word To-brest Definition To burst or break in pieces.
- English Word To-day Definition On this day; on the present day.
- English Word To-day Definition The present day.
- English Word To-do Definition Bustle; stir; commotion; ado.
- English Word To-fall Definition A lean-to. See Lean-to.
- English Word To-name Definition A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it.
- English Word To-rend Definition To rend in pieces.