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tocleave

verb

Etymology

From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan (“to split apart, cleave asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną (“to split apart”), equivalent to to- + cleave (“to split”). Cognate with Old High German zechluiban (“to split apart, cleave asunder”).

  1. inherited from *tōkliubaną✻
  2. inherited from tōclēofan
  3. inherited from tocleven

Definitions

  1. To divide

    To divide; split open; cleave asunder.

  2. To split apart

    To split apart; break.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA