To"ta (?), n. [From the native name in Egypt.] (Zoöl.) The grivet.
To"tal (?), a. [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf.
Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.] Whole; not divided; entire; full;
complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total
loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton.
Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1. — Total depravity. (Theol.)
See Original sin, under Original.
Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
To"tal, n. The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added
make the grand total of five millions.
To*tal"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. totalite, LL. totalitas.] 1. The quality or
state of being total; as, the totality of an eclipse.
2. The whole sum; the whole quantity or amount; the entirety; as, the
totalityof human knowledge. Buckle.
The totality of a sentence or passage.
Coleridge.
To"tal*ize (?), v. t. To make total, or complete;to reduce to
completeness. Coleridge.
To"tal*ly, adv. In a total manner; wholly; entirely.
To"tal*ness, n. The quality or state of being total; entireness;
totality.
Tote (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] [Said to
be of African origin.] To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a
stream; — a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by
negroes.
Tote, n. [L. totum, fr. totus all, whole.] The entire body, or all; as,
the whole tote. [Colloq.]
To*tear" (?), v. t. [Pref. to- + tear. ] To tear or rend in pieces.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
To"tem (?), n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person
or place belongs.] A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like,
used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a
family or a clan.
And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten,
Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures
of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver.
Longfellow.
The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural
way attends to the clan and watches over it.
Bagehot.
To*tem"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a totem, or totemism.
To"tem*ism (?), n. 1. The system of distinguishing families, clans,
etc., in a tribe by the totem.
2. Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or
imaginary object; nature worship. Tylor.
To"tem*ist, n. One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. —
To`tem*is"tic (#), a.
Tot"er (?), n. [See Tote to carry.] (Zoöl.) The stone roller. See Stone
roller (a), under Stone.
T'oth"er (?). A colloquial contraction of the other, and formerly a
contraction for that other. See the Note under That, 2.
The tothir that was crucifield with him.