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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

To-

/(?, see To, prep.)/ · IPA
01 prep. 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…
  1. 1.
    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. See: All