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vnto

vnto is the obsolete typography of unto.

Meaning of unto

Preposition

unto

  1. (archaic, poetic) Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
    • Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
  2. (archaic, poetic) To; indicates an indirect object.
    • And the Lord said unto Moses […]
  3. (archaic, poetic) Down to the last; encompassing even every.
    • ⁠I do but sing because I must,
      And pipe but as the linnets sing:
      And unto one her note is gay,
      ⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
      ⁠And unto one her note is changed,
      Because her brood is stol’n away.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36
  4. (archaic, poetic) Until a particular time.
    • faithful unto death

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Questions about vnto

What is vnto the obsolete typography of?
Vnto is the obsolete typography of unto.

Words near vnto in the dictionary

  1. vniust
  2. VNR
  3. VNs
  4. VNSA
  5. VNSAs
  6. vnto
  7. VNTR
  8. VNTRs
  9. vo
  10. vo-ag
  11. vo-ags

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vnto (page history and authors); unto (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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