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UNTO

Definition: UNTO

UNTO

Preposition

1. Until; till.

2. To; -- now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See To.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "UNTO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Synonyms within Context: UNTO

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disinterestedness

Verb: be disinterested; Adjective: make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block; put oneself in the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should do unto us.

Perfection

Phr. " let us go on unto perfection "; " the perfection of art is to conceal art ".

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: UNTO

English words defined with "UNTO": As soon asevenGod, golden rule, Graven imagehereafter, hereinafter, Hereuntoidol, It seemslapidationPower of the keysSo soon as, stoningThe gates of death, Thereunto, To, To come in, To give ear to, To look toUntilWeaker vessel, whereto, whereunto. (references)
Specialty definitions using "UNTO": Barbarians, Bosom FriendConsenting Stars, Cui bono?Dying SayingsExcessFestus, PorciusGHOUL, Gresham and the Pearlhabendum clause, Hare-stone, HumberInogeneJephthah, JethroLoaves and FishesNabalPoille, Psalm cv. 28RosamondSleuth-Hound, SpaieToiWicket-gate, Wroth Money. (references)
Non-English Usage: "UNTO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (grease, greasy, oily), Portuguese (grape, grease, lard), Spanish (grease).

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Modern Usage: UNTO

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Woe be unto him who opens one of the seven gateways to Hell, because through that gateway, evil will invade the world (E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldil ; writing credit: Dardano Sacchetti;)

Giles, unto every generation is born one who must run the annual talentless show (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Though the road may wind, yea, your hearts grow weary, still shall ye follow them, even unto your salvation (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

And just as the Blue Man was offered up unto him, so shall be the unbelievers (Children of the Corn; writing credit: George Goldsmith; Stephen King)

Therefore render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's (Sergeant York; writing credit: Harry Chandlee; Abem Finkel)

Lyrics

Magick shall be our key, prayers said unto thee (One With Darkness; performing artist: Cher)

December promise you gave unto me (December; performing artist: Collective Soul)

For crying out loud she screamed unto me (Minority; performing artist: Green Day)

Guarantee unto me you won't let me down (Do You Know (What It Takes); performing artist: Robyn)

Movie/TV Titles

Unto the Hundredth Generation (1950)

Night Unto Night (1949)

Lamp Unto My Feet (1948)

Unto Each Other (1929)

Do Unto Others (1925)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: UNTO

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: UNTO

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

During feeding, the flea draws viable Y. pestis organisms into its esophagus, which multiply and block the proventriculus just in front of the stomach, later forcing the flea to regurgitate infected blood unto the host when it tries to swallow. Credit: CDC.

The wasp’s compound eye is actually made up of many identical receptor units called ommatidia. Each receptor contains its own lens and light sensitive cells, and is actually an eye unto itself. Credit: CDC.

From the rising unto the setting of the sun the Lord's name is to be praised!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Help your Red Cross "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these" / / Hubert Chapin ; Latham Litho & Printing Co. Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

The liberty bell back in its birth-place again now that it has proclaimed liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof, it is perfectly at home. Credit: Library of Congress.

Help your Red Cross "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these" / / Hubert Chapin ; Latham Litho & Printing Co. Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: UNTO

AuthorQuotation

Edmund Spenser

Wars and alarums unto nations wide.

Edward Noyes Westcott

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Jeremy Taylor

Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.

Martin Tupper

Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.

Menander

This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it.

Psalms 56:4

...in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

The Bible

Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof.

Thomas Browne

The religion of one seems madness unto another.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: UNTO

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

Know that, having regard to God and for the salvation of our soul, and those of all our ancestors and heirs, and unto the honor of God and the advancement of his holy Church and for the rectifying of our realm, we have granted as underwritten by advice of our venerable fathers, Stephen, archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and cardinal of the holy Roman Church, Henry, archbishop of Dublin, William of London, Peter of Winchester, Jocelyn of Bath and Glastonbury, Hugh of Lincoln, Walter of Worcester, William of Coventry, Benedict of Rochester, bishops; of Master Pandulf, subdeacon and member of the household of our lord the Pope, of brother Aymeric (master of the Knights of the Temple in England), and of the illustrious men William Marshal, earl of Pembroke, William, earl of Salisbury, William, earl of Warenne, William, earl of Arundel, Alan of Galloway (constable of Scotland), Waren Fitz Gerold, Peter Fitz Herbert, Hubert De Burgh (seneschal of Poitou), Hugh de Neville, Matthew Fitz Herbert, Thomas Basset, Alan Basset, Philip d'Aubigny, Robert of Roppesley, John Marshal, John Fitz Hugh, and others, our liegemen. (reference)

John Locke

1690

This constrained them to come unto laws, wherein all men might see their duty beforehand, and know the penalties of transgressing them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: UNTO

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

All the songs, some melodies of which have been preserved, were humble and lamentable unto weeping

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

It is appointed unto man to die and after death the judgment

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

The secret mischiefs that I set abroach I lay unto the grievous charge of others

Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Lowliness is young ambition's ladder, whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: UNTO

SubjectTopicQuote

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

EXCESS, n. In morals, an indulgence that enforces by appropriate penalties the law of moderation. Hail, high Excess -- especially in wine, To thee in worship do I bend the knee Who preach abstemiousness unto me -- My skull thy pulpit, as my paunch thy shrine. Precept on precept, aye, and line on line, Could ne'er persuade so sweetly to agree With reason as thy touch, exact and free, Upon my forehead and along my spine. At thy command eschewing pleasure's cup, With the hot grape I warm no more my wit; When on thy stool of penitence I sit I'm quite converted, for I can't get up. Ungrateful he who afterward would falter To make new sacrifices at thine altar!

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: UNTO

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Calvin Coolidge

1923-1929Realizing that we can not live unto ourselves alone, we have contributed of our resources and our counsel to the relief of the suffering and the settlement of the disputes among the European nations.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: UNTO

"UNTO" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "UNTO" is used about 398 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Preposition (except "of")100%39814,032

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: UNTO

Expressions using "UNTO": do unto others as we would men should do unto us to go in unto To lay unto to look unto to or unto To put the hand unto to trust unto. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: UNTO

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hills these unto

112

author gay son unto

4

do unto others

26

prayer unto watch

3

do unto to you

13

as others unto

3

son unto

10

drama hills these unto

3

as have others them unto unto would

9

drama hills outdoor these unto

3

name unto

9

make a joyful noise unto the lord

3

come unto me

8

ash unto

3

foot lamp thy unto word

7

come jesus unto

3

c come lyrics mullen nicole unto

7

gay son unto

3

given isaiah unto us

7

in many others religion unto

3

render unto caesar

6

lord new sing song unto

3

cherokee hills nc these unto

6

child come little suffer unto

3

lord sing unto

6

given unto us

3

death sin unto

5

author son unto

3

for unto us a child is born

5

light path thy unto word

3

hills unto

4

foot lamp unto

3

cherokee hills these unto

4

glad i said they unto when

2

come lyrics unto

4

curse pants unto wear who woman

2

once more unto the breach

4

art come jesus unto

2

carolina cherokee hills north these unto

4

harvest unto white

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: UNTO

Language Translations for "UNTO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tek (at, being an odd number, making up an odd number, odd, off, to, uneven, while), ndaj (allot, apportion, at, bar, by, come between, cut, detach, disarticulate, disembody, disjoin, disjoint, dismember, dispart, dissever, dissociate, distinguish, distribute, disunite, divide, divorce, divvy, fissure, fractionate, grade, hand out, joint, on, part, partition, reconcile, rope off, section, segregate, separate, sever, share, sort out, space, split, sunder, toward, towards, unjoint, unlink, unscramble, winnow). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حتى (even, over, pending, than, till, to, until, whenever, while). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

към (about, around, into, nearby, of, off, on, somewhere about, to, towards, with), в (aboard, about, against, around, at, by, down, in, inside, into, on, to, under, up, within), на (aboard, against, at, by, for, in, into, of, on, onto, over, per, to, up, upon, with), за (about, after, against, at, for, for one's sake, for the sake of, in, of, off, on, over, pro-, re, to, touching, toward, towards), при (about, alongside, at, beside, by, during, given, in, on, to, under, with), до (alongside, as far as, at, beside, do, ere, next, next to, over, pending, prior to, to, until). (various references)

   

Czech

  

za (across, after, around, at, away, behind, beyond, by, each, for, in, instead of, of, over, past, pending, per, under, within), k (by, for, near, on, to, toward, towards), do (by, for, in, into, on, over, to, under). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hamaan. (various references)

   

German

  

zu (a, an, as, at, at the rate of, beside, bought in addition, closed, for, in, inside, into, off, on, per, shut, to, too, too much, toward, towards, with, within). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

για (about, about to, for, to), μέχρι (till, to, until, up to), προσ (concerning, on, to, toward, towards), εισ (at, for, in, into, on, one, to, upon), αρχαικόν αντί to. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל- (during, for, to, toward, towards, upon), על (about, above, by, height, on, onto, to, toward, towards, upon), ע" (eternity, till, to, until), אל (by, don't, naught, no, not, to, toward, towards). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

-nek (to), -nak (to), -ig (pending, till, to, until, up), -hoz (on, to), -hez (on, to), -höz (on, to). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sampai (till, to, until). (various references)

   

Italian

  

verso (about, approximately, at, by, call, cry, direction, grimace, line, meter, metre, near, poetry, reverse, to, toward, towards, verse, verso), fino a (pending, till, to, until), a tavola (to, too, towards, zo). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

에게. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ountay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

к (against, at, by, canal, for, how, into, like, near, to, toward, towards), до (above, afore, as far as 1, before, c, in so far as, must, pleased, preliminary to, previous to, prior the, prior to, thru, til, till, till 1, to, to power of, to the earlier of, until, until !мес!, until [h]). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

chun (to, until : chun a' bhaile, unto the town). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u (at, board: on board, in, inside, inside of, into, of, to, up in, within), za (after, around, by, con, during, favor: in favor of, favour: in favour of, for, in, into, per, to, towards, with), prema (according to, in, on, opposite, per, to, toward, vis-ŕ-vis), na (at, board: on board, for, in, of, on, on board, to, upon), ka (onto, to, toward), do (as far as, beside, by, next to, till, to, until). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hasta (as far as, by, even, pending, through, till, to, until, up, up to), hacia (against, circa, to, toward, towards). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

under (below, beneath, during, for, in, into, marvel, miracle, over, under, underneath, wonder), vid (about, against, at, beside, broad, by, extensive, for, fore, full, in, in case of, large, near, near to, nearby, next to, of, off, on, over, so, space, spacious, to, vast, wide, with), till (at, by, for, into, more, of, on, onto, over, till, to, toward, towards, until, with), (about, across, at, away, because of, by, concerning, for, for sake of, forth, in, of, off, on, on account of, over, owing to, through, to, toward, towards, upon, with), mot (across from, against, at, contra, for, in exchange for, on, opposed to, opposite, to, towards, upon, versus, vs, with), i (a, among, at, for, i, in, inside, into, of, on, over, per, through, to, with, within, ye), för (about, as, at, because, for, fore, from, in order to, of, over, per, pre, pre-, prow, so, to, too, towards, with). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

поруч (abreast, adjacently, against, alongside, anear, by, close, hard by, nigh, side by side), до (against, as far as, at, before, by, down, ere, for, into, near, of, on, or, previous to, previously to, prior to, till, to, to the, toward, towards, until, while). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: UNTO

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Avestan200-600

aipi, aiwi, avi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: UNTO

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 8, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai eipen kurioV o qeoV tw nwe legwn
Latin405VulgateLocutus est autem Deus ad Noe dicens
Middle English1395WyclifThe Lord forsothe spake to Noe,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd God spake vnto Noe saynge:
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd God spake unto Noah, saying,
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd God spoke to Noah, saying,
Basic English1964OgdenAnd God said to Noah,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: UNTO

LanguageGenesis Chapter 8, Verse 15
CebuanoUg nagsulti ang Dios kang Noe nga nagaingon:
Chinese  神 對 挪 亞 說 、
CroatianTada Bog reèe Noi:
DanishDa sagde Gud til Noa:
DutchToen sprak God tot Noach, zeggende:
FinnishJa Jumala puhui Nooalle sanoen:
FrenchAlors Dieu parla Noé, en disant:
GermanDa redete Gott mit Noah und sprach:
Haitian Creole¶ Lè sa a, Bondye di Noe:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu berkatalah Allah kepada Nuh,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu firman Allah kepada Nuh, kata-Nya:
Maori¶ Na ka korero te Atua ki a Noa, ka mea,
NorwegianDa talte Gud til Noah og sa:
PortugueseEntão falou Deus a Noé, dizendo:   
RumanianAtunci Dumnezeu a vorbit lui Noe, wi i -a zis:
SpanishEntonces dijo Dios a Noé:
SwedishDå talade Gud till Noa och sade:

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: UNTO

Derivations

Words beginning with "UNTO": untogether, untold, untorn, untouchabilities, untouchability, untouchable, untouchables, untouched, untoward, untowardly, untowardness, untowardnesses. (additional references)

Words ending with "UNTO": hereunto, junto, punto, thereunto, trapunto, whereunto. (additional references)

Words containing "UNTO": juntos, puntos, trapuntos. (additional references)


Misspellings

"UNTO" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: antfo, Anto, aunto, bunto, Buntom, cunto, Entlo, eunoto, Gunto, hunto, iuncta, iunto, Jnto, Junot, lunto, numo, nuta, nuto, nuttos, ounto, puncto, Punto, runto, Snto, Ugta, Ugtm, Ugtp, ulto, umt, unato, unote, unsti, unstow, unt, untap, untar, unte, unteo, unti, untim, untog, Unton, untool, untow, untz, upto, uti, utn, utna, utne, uto, utom, uton, uunto. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "UNTO"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "UNTO" (pronounced u"ntuw)
3-n t uwinto, onto.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: UNTO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "n-o-t-u"

-1 letter: not, nut, out, ton, tun.

-2 letters: no, nu, on, to, un, ut.

 Words containing the letters "n-o-t-u"
 

+1 letter: count, donut, fount, futon, junto, knout, mount, muton, notum, punto, puton, snout, tonus, ungot.

 

+2 letters: amount, bounty, bouton, burton, button, cobnut, counts, county, donuts, founts, futons, hognut, juntos, knouts, mounts, mouton, mutons, mutton, nougat, nought, obtund, outgun, outing, outman, outran, outrun, outsin, pluton, puntos, putons, rotund, runout, snouts, snouty, stound, tenour, tenuto, tongue, toucan, turnon, unbolt, unknot, unroot, unstop, untold, untorn, untrod, uptorn, uptown.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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