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tocleave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
to-cleave
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divide; split open; cleave asunder.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To split apart; break.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Prefix: to
  • Root: tocleven, tōclēofan, *tōkliubaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

tocleaves (present, singular) tocleaving (participle, present) toclove (past) tocleft (past) tocleaved (past) tocloven (participle, past) tocleft (participle, past) tocleaved (participle, past)

Questions

What does tocleave mean?
To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
Where does tocleave come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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