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204 words match “TO-”

TO- 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 the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv.
TO-BEAT v.
To beat thoroughly or severely. [Obs.] Layamon.
TO-BREAK v.
To break completely; to break in pieces. [Obs.] With nose and mouth to-broke. Chaucer.
TO-BREST v.
To burst or break in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TO-DAY adv. 2 definitions
On this day; on the present day. Worcester's horse came but to-day. Shak.
TO-DO n.
Bustle; stir; commotion; ado. [Colloq.]
TO-FALL n.
A lean-to. See Lean-to.
TO-NAME n.
A name added, for the sake of distinction, to one's surname, or used instead of it. [Scot.] Jamieson.
TO-REND v.
To rend in pieces. [Obs.] The wolf hath many a sheep and lamb to-rent. Chaucer.
ALTO-CUMULUS n.
A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.
ALTO-RELIEVO n.
Alto-rilievo.
ALTO-RILIEVO n.
work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.
ALTO-STRATUS n.
A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level.
AUTO- n.
A combining form, with the meaning of self, one's self, one's own, itself, its own.
AUTO-DA-FE n. 3 definitions
A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.
AUTO-DE-FE n.
Same as Auto-da-fé.
AUTO-INFECTION n.
Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.
AUTO-INOCULATION n.
Inoculation of a person with virus from his own body.
AUTO-INTOXICATION n.
Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.
BARYTO-CALCITE n.
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
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