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unto

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Scrabble points
4
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈʌntʊ/
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/ˈʌntʊ/ · /-tuː/ · /-tə/ · /ˈʌntə/ · /-tʊ/

Definition of unto

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

conj

  1. (obsolete, poetic)Up to the time or degree that; until.
    “Unto This Last (John Ruskin)”
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conj

  1. (obsolete, poetic)Up to the time or degree that; until.
    “Unto This Last (John Ruskin)”

prep

  1. (archaic, poetic)Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
    “Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.”
    “Come unto these yellow sands, And then take hands; Curtsied when you have, and kiss'd The wild waves whist, Foot it featly here and there, And sweet sprites bear The burthen.[…]”
  2. (archaic, poetic)To; indicates an indirect object.
    “And the Lord said unto Moses […]”
    “So please my lord the duke and all the court To quit the fine for one half of his goods I am content; so he will let me have The other half in use, to render it, Upon his death, unto the gentleman That lately stole his daughter: Two things provided more,—[…]”
    “Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.”
    “[…] And, doubtless, unto thee is given ⁠A life that bears immortal fruit ⁠In such great offices as suit The full-grown energies of heaven.”
  3. (archaic, poetic)Down to the last; encompassing even every.
    “⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian…

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Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).

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