Tocleave

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To divide; split open; cleave asunder. dialectal, obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To split apart; break. dialectal, intransitive, 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”).

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