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unto


preposition

  1. to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
  2. until; till.

preposition

  1. an archaic word for to 1

prep.mid-13c., perhaps a modification of until, with southern to in place of northern equivalent till. Or perhaps a native formation on the model of until from Old English *und- “up to,” cognate of the first element in until. Since 18c., chiefly in dignified, archaic, or Biblical styles. see do unto others; law unto oneself.

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