Tiv"y (?), adv. [See Tantivy.] With great speed; — a huntsman's word or
sound. Dryden.
Ti"za (?), n. [CF. Sp. tiza whitening, a kind of chalk or pipe clay.]
(Chem.) See Ulexite.
Tme"sis (m"ss or t'm"ss; 277), n. [L., from Gr. tmh^sis a cutting, fr.
te`mnein to cut.] (Gram.) The separation of the parts of a compound
word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place
soever, for whatsoever place.
To- (?, see To, prep.), [AS. to- asunder; akin to G. zer-, and perhaps
to L. dis-, or Gr. &?;.] 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 (&?;, emphatic or alone, &?;, obscure or unemphatic), prep. [AS. t;
akin to OS. & OFries. t, D. toe, G. zu, OHG. zuo, zua, z, Russ. do, Ir.
& Gael. do, OL. -do, -du, as in endo, indu, in, Gr. &?;, as in &?;
homeward. √200. Cf. Too, Tatoo a beat of drums.] 1. The preposition to
primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction
of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or
tendency without arrival; movement toward; — opposed to from. "To
Canterbury they wend." Chaucer.
Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg.
Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled.
Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose. She stretched
her arms to heaven.
Dryden.
2. Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a
state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a
limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade;
he is rising to wealth and honor.
Formerly, by omission of the verb denoting motion, to sometimes
followed a form of be, with the sense of at, or in. "When the sun was
[gone or declined] to rest." Chaucer.
3. In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of
application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or
indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs
with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon
that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation;
as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this
seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to
the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous
liquor.
Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter.
B. Jonson.
Whilst they, distilled Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb
and speak not to him.
Shak.
Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and
to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.