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Definitions for unto
ˈʌn tu; unstressed -təun·to

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Wiktionary

  1. untoconjunction

    Up to the time or degree that; until; till.

  2. untopreposition

    Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

    Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.

  3. Etymology: By analogy with until, substituting to for till.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Untoprep.

    It was the old word for to; now obsolete. To.

    O continue thy loving kindness unto them. Ps. xxxvi.

    It was their hurt untruly to attribute such great power unto false gods. Richard Hooker.

    She, by her wicked arts, and wily skill,
    Unawares me wrought unto her wicked will. Edmund Spenser.

    The use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother, and by the vessels thereof convey its sustentation. Brown.

    Children permitted the freedom of both hands, often confine unto the left. Brown.

    Me, when the cold Digentian stream revives,
    What does my friend believe I think or ask?
    Let me yet less possess, so I may live,
    Whate’er of life remains unto myself. William Temple.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Unto

    to; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To

  2. Unto

    until; till

  3. Unto

    until; till

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unto

    un′tōō, prep. to.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unto in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unto in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of unto in a Sentence

  1. Ahmed Korayem:

    Do unto others much worse than than they'll ever do unto you and you'll never get hurt ever again" -James "Buck" Bukowitz

  2. John Hagee:

    God says in Jeremiah 16 :' Behold, I will bring them the Jewish people again unto their land that I gave to their fathers. ... Behold, I will send for many fishers, and after will I send for many hunters,'.

  3. Marquis de Sade:

    There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.

  4. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson:

    Faith--is the Pierless Bridge Supporting what We see Unto the Scene that We do not.

  5. Seán O'Casey:

    Here, the churches seemed to shrink away into eroding corners. They seem to have ceased to be essential parts of American life. They no longer give life. It is the huge buildings of commerce and trade which now align the people to attention. These in their massive manner of steel and stone say, Come unto me all ye who labor, and we will give you work.

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