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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Unto \Un"to\, conj.
     Until; till. [Obs.] ``Unto this year be gone.'' --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Unto \Un"to\, prep. [OE. unto; un- (only in unto, until) unto,
     as far as + to to; this un- is akin to AS. ?? until, OFries.
     und OS. und until, conj. (cf. OS. unt? unto, OHG. unzi),
     Goth. und unto, until. See To, and cf. Until.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural
        style. See To.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Until; till. [Obs.] ``He shall abide it unto the death of
        the priest.'' --Num. xxxv. 25.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  
  
        Look that ye bind them fast.                --Shak.
  
        Look if it be my daughter.                  --Talfourd.
  
     6. To show one's self in looking, as by leaning out of a
        window; as, look out of the window while I speak to you.
        Sometimes used figuratively.
  
              My toes look through the overleather. --Shak.
  
     7. To await the appearance of anything; to expect; to
        anticipate.
  
              Looking each hour into death's mouth to fall.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     To look about, to look on all sides, or in different
        directions.
  
     To look about one, to be on the watch; to be vigilant; to
        be circumspect or guarded.
  
     To look after.
        (a) To attend to; to take care of; as, to look after
            children.
        (b) To expect; to be in a state of expectation.
  
                  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for
                  looking after those things which are coming on
                  the earth.                        --Luke xxi.
                                                    26.
        (c) To seek; to search.
  
                  My subject does not oblige me to look after the
                  water, or point forth the place where to it is
                  now retreated.                    --Woodward.
  
     To look at, to direct the eyes toward so that one sees, or
        as if to see; as, to look at a star; hence, to observe,
        examine, consider; as, to look at a matter without
        prejudice.
  
     To look black, to frown; to scowl; to have a threatening
        appearance.
  
              The bishops thereat repined, and looked black.
                                                    --Holinshed.
        
  
     To look down on or upon, to treat with indifference or
        contempt; to regard as an inferior; to despise.
  
     To look for.
        (a) To expect; as, to look for news by the arrival of a
            ship. ``Look now for no enchanting voice.'' --Milton.
        (b) To seek for; to search for; as, to look for lost
            money, or lost cattle.
  
     To look forth.
        (a) To look out of something, as from a window.
        (b) To threaten to come out. --Jer. vi. 1. (Rev. Ver.).
  
     To look into, to inspect closely; to observe narrowly; to
        examine; as, to look into the works of nature; to look
        into one's conduct or affairs.
  
     To look on.
        (a) To regard; to esteem.
  
                  Her friends would look on her the worse.
                                                    --Prior.
        (b) To consider; to view; to conceive of; to think of.
  
                  I looked on Virgil as a succinct, majestic
                  writer.                           --Dryden.
        (c) To be a mere spectator.
  
                  I'll be a candleholder, and look on. --Shak.
  
     To look out, to be on the watch; to be careful; as, the
        seaman looks out for breakers.
  
     To look through.
        (a) To see through.
        (b) To search; to examine with the eyes.
  
     To look to or unto.
        (a) To watch; to take care of. ``Look well to thy herds.''
            --Prov. xxvii. 23.
        (b) To resort to with expectation of receiving something;
            to expect to receive from; as, the creditor may look
            to surety for payment. ``Look unto me, and be ye
            saved.'' --Is. xlv. 22.
  
     To look up, to search for or find out by looking; as, to
        look up the items of an account.
  
     To look up to, to respect; to regard with deference.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Unto \Un"to\, prep. [OE. unto; un- (only in unto, until) unto,
     as far as + to to; this un- is akin to AS. ?? until, OFries.
     und OS. und until, conj. (cf. OS. unt? unto, OHG. unzi),
     Goth. und unto, until. See To, and cf. Until.]
     1. To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural
        style. See To.
  
     2. Until; till. [Obs.] ``He shall abide it unto the death of
        the priest.'' --Num. xxxv. 25.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Unto \Un"to\, conj.
     Until; till. [Obs.] ``Unto this year be gone.'' --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  
  
     7. To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an
        act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over
        or through.
  
              By going over all these particulars, you may receive
              some tolerable satisfaction about this great
              subject.                              --South.
  
     8. To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
  
              The fruit she goes with, I pray for heartily, that
              it may find Good time, and live.      --Shak.
  
     9. To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence
        the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to
        depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
  
              I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord
              your God; . . . only ye shall not go very far away.
                                                    --Ex. viii.
                                                    28.
  
     10. To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to
         perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
  
               By Saint George, he's gone! That spear wound hath
               our master sped.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     11. To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the
         street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New
         York.
  
               His amorous expressions go no further than virtue
               may allow.                           --Dryden.
  
     12. To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
  
     Note: Go is used, in combination with many prepositions and
           adverbs, to denote motion of the kind indicated by the
           preposition or adverb, in which, and not in the verb,
           lies the principal force of the expression; as, to go
           against to go into, to go out, to go aside, to go
           astray, etc.
  
     Go to, come; move; go away; -- a phrase of exclamation,
        serious or ironical.
  
     To go a-begging, not to be in demand; to be undesired.
  
     To go about.
         (a) To set about; to enter upon a scheme of action; to
             undertake. ``They went about to slay him.'' --Acts
             ix. 29.
  
                   They never go about . . . to hide or palliate
                   their vices.                     --Swift.
         (b) (Naut.) To tack; to turn the head of a ship; to wear.
             
  
     To go abraod.
         (a) To go to a foreign country.
         (b) To go out of doors.
         (c) To become public; to be published or disclosed; to be
             current.
  
                   Then went this saying abroad among the
                   brethren.                        --John xxi.
                                                    23.
  
     To go against.
         (a) To march against; to attack.
         (b) To be in opposition to; to be disagreeable to.
  
     To go ahead.
         (a) To go in advance.
         (b) To go on; to make progress; to proceed.
  
     To go and come. See To come and go, under Come.
  
     To go aside.
         (a) To withdraw; to retire.
  
                   He . . . went aside privately into a desert
                   place.                           --Luke. ix.
                                                    10.
         (b) To go from what is right; to err. --Num. v. 29.
  
     To go back on.
         (a) To retrace (one's path or footsteps).
         (b) To abandon; to turn against; to betray. [Slang, U.
             S.]
  
     To go below
         (Naut), to go below deck.
  
     To go between, to interpose or mediate between; to be a
        secret agent between parties; in a bad sense, to pander.
        
  
     To go beyond. See under Beyond.
  
     To go by, to pass away unnoticed; to omit.
  
     To go by the board (Naut.), to fall or be carried
        overboard; as, the mast went by the board.
  
     To go down.
         (a) To descend.
         (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down.
         (c) To sink; to founder; -- said of ships, etc.
         (d) To be swallowed; -- used literally or figuratively.
             [Colloq.]
  
                   Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down
                   whole with him for truth.        --L' Estrange.
  
     To go far.
         (a) To go to a distance.
         (b) To have much weight or influence.
  
     To go for.
         (a) To go in quest of.
         (b) To represent; to pass for.
         (c) To favor; to advocate.
         (d) To attack; to assault. [Low]
         (e) To sell for; to be parted with for (a price).
  
     To go for nothing, to be parted with for no compensation or
        result; to have no value, efficacy, or influence; to count
        for nothing.
  
     To go forth.
         (a) To depart from a place.
         (b) To be divulged or made generally known; to emanate.
  
                   The law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of
                   the Lord from Jerusalem.         --Micah iv. 2.
  
     To go hard with, to trouble, pain, or endanger.
  
     To go in, to engage in; to take part. [Colloq.]
  
     To go in and out, to do the business of life; to live; to
        have free access. --John x. 9.
  
     To go in for. [Colloq.]
         (a) To go for; to favor or advocate (a candidate, a
             measure, etc.).
         (b) To seek to acquire or attain to (wealth, honor,
             preferment, etc.)
         (c) To complete for (a reward, election, etc.).
         (d) To make the object of one's labors, studies, etc.
  
                   He was as ready to go in for statistics as for
                   anything else.                   --Dickens.
             
  
     To go in to or unto.
         (a) To enter the presence of. --Esther iv. 16.
         (b) To have sexual intercourse with. [Script.]
  
     To go into.
         (a) To speak of, investigate, or discuss (a question,
             subject, etc.).
         (b) To participate in (a war, a business, etc.).
  
     To go large.
         (Naut) See under Large.
  
     To go off.
         (a) To go away; to depart.
  
                   The leaders . . . will not go off until they
                   hear you.                        --Shak.
         (b) To cease; to intermit; as, this sickness went off.
         (c) To die. --Shak.
         (d) To explode or be discharged; -- said of gunpowder, of
             a gun, a mine, etc.
         (e) To find a purchaser; to be sold or disposed of.
         (f) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
  
                   The wedding went off much as such affairs do.
                                                    --Mrs.
                                                    Caskell.
  
     To go on.
         (a) To proceed; to advance further; to continue; as, to
             go on reading.
         (b) To be put or drawn on; to fit over; as, the coat will
             not go on.
  
     To go all fours, to correspond exactly, point for point.
  
              It is not easy to make a simile go on all fours.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     To go out.
         (a) To issue forth from a place.
         (b) To go abroad; to make an excursion or expedition.
  
                   There are other men fitter to go out than I.
                                                    --Shak.
  
                   What went ye out for to see ?    --Matt. xi. 7,
                                                    8, 9.
         (c) To become diffused, divulged, or spread abroad, as
             news, fame etc.
         (d) To expire; to die; to cease; to come to an end; as,
             the light has gone out.
  
                   Life itself goes out at thy displeasure.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     To go over.
         (a) To traverse; to cross, as a river, boundary, etc.; to
             change sides.
  
                   I must not go over Jordan.       --Deut. iv.
                                                    22.
  
                   Let me go over, and see the good land that is
                   beyond Jordan.                   --Deut. iii.
                                                    25.
  
                   Ishmael . . . departed to go over to the
                   Ammonites.                       --Jer. xli.
                                                    10.
         (b) To read, or study; to examine; to review; as, to go
             over one's accounts.
  
                   If we go over the laws of Christianity, we
                   shall find that . . . they enjoin the same
                   thing.                           --Tillotson.
         (c) To transcend; to surpass.
         (d) To be postponed; as, the bill went over for the
             session.
         (e) (Chem.) To be converted (into a specified substance
             or material); as, monoclinic sulphur goes over into
             orthorhombic, by standing; sucrose goes over into
             dextrose and levulose.
  
     To go through.
         (a) To accomplish; as, to go through a work.
         (b) To suffer; to endure to the end; as, to go through a
             surgical operation or a tedious illness.
         (c) To spend completely; to exhaust, as a fortune.
         (d) To strip or despoil (one) of his property. [Slang]
         (e) To botch or bungle a business. [Scot.]
  
     To go through with, to perform, as a calculation, to the
        end; to complete.
  
     To go to ground.
         (a) To escape into a hole; -- said of a hunted fox.
         (b) To fall in battle.
  
     To go to naught (Colloq.), to prove abortive, or
        unavailling.
  
     To go under.
         (a) To set; -- said of the sun.
         (b) To be known or recognized by (a name, title, etc.).
         (c) To be overwhelmed, submerged, or defeated; to perish;
             to succumb.
  
     To go up, to come to nothing; to prove abortive; to fail.
        [Slang]
  
     To go upon, to act upon, as a foundation or hypothesis.
  
     To go with.
         (a) To accompany.
         (b) To coincide or agree with.
         (c) To suit; to harmonize with.
  
     To go (
  
     well,
  
     ill, or
  
     hard)
  
     with, to affect (one) in such manner.
  
     To go without, to be, or to remain, destitute of.
  
     To go wrong.
         (a) To take a wrong road or direction; to wander or
             stray.
         (b) To depart from virtue.
         (c) To happen unfortunately.
         (d) To miss success.
  
     To let go, to allow to depart; to quit one's hold; to
        release.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -unto
     Esperanto suf.
     Unofficial suffix for one who would do. See -unt-.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     conj.
     (lb en obsolete poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until.
     prep.
     1 (lb en archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a
  thing and then stopping at it.
     2 (lb en archaic or poetic) to, indicating an indirect object.
     Galician n.
     (lb gl countable uncountable) lard; delicate and tasty fat of the
  abdomen of the pig which is usually preserved salted and smoked, and
  used in the elaboration of (l gl caldo)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en unto)
     Middle English prep.
     (l en unto)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: untar)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Unto
     Finnish n.
     (given name fi male)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     conj.
     (lb en obsolete poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until.
     prep.
     1 (lb en archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a
  thing and then stopping at it.
     2 (lb en archaic or poetic) to, indicating an indirect object.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  -unto
     Esperanto suf.
     Unofficial suffix for one who would do. See -unt-.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     conj.
     (lb en obsolete poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until.
     prep.
     1 (lb en archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a
  thing and then stopping at it.
     2 (lb en archaic or poetic) to, indicating an indirect object.
     Galician n.
     (lb gl countable uncountable) lard; delicate and tasty fat of the
  abdomen of the pig which is usually preserved salted and smoked, and
  used in the elaboration of (l gl caldo)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en unto)
     Middle English prep.
     (l en unto)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: untar)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Unto
     Finnish n.
     (given name fi male)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  -unto
     Esperanto suf.
     Unofficial suffix for one who would do. See -unt-.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     conj.
     (lb en obsolete poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until.
     prep.
     1 (lb en archaic or poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a
  thing and then stopping at it.
     2 (lb en archaic or poetic) to, indicating an indirect object.
     Galician n.
     (lb gl countable uncountable) lard; delicate and tasty fat of the
  abdomen of the pig which is usually preserved salted and smoked, and
  used in the elaboration of (l gl caldo)
     Middle English alt.
     (l en unto)
     Middle English prep.
     (l en unto)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: untar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Unto
     Finnish n.
     (given name fi male)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     Englanti prep.
     jokin asti/saakka

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Unto
     n.
     1 (etunimi fi m)
     2 (sukunimi: fi)

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]

  Unto
     n.
     1 (etunimi fi m)
     2 (sukunimi: fi)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  unto
     Engelska prep.
     1 åt, till; mot
     2 i; på
     3 vid; för; under

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  إلى

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  ke

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  vůči

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
   [dated] zu, bis 
        "unto this day"  - bis zum heutigen Tage

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/ 
  1. तक
        "We promised to be faithful unto our last breath."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  isto što i to, ka

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  1. felé
  2. -ra
  3. -nak
  4. -hez
  5. -höz
  6. -ig
  7. -hoz
  8. -re
  9. -nek

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  unto /ˈʌntʊ/
  1. (edat), ( eski) e, e kadar.

From italiano-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-bul ]

  unto /ˈunto/ 
  мазен
  sporco di grasso

From italiano-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-pol ]

  unto /ˈunto/ 
  ociekający tłuszczem
  sporco di grasso

From italiano-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-swe ]

  unto /ˈunto/ 
  flottig
  sporco di grasso

From italiano-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-tur ]

  unto /ˈunto/ 
  yağlı
  sporco di grasso

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈəntu/

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  prep.“to”的古体或诗体

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     =to;不能用以代替不定词的to

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