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"These were duly chosen, and came to the king's court, and were allotted the Isle of Pharos as the most tranquil spot in the city for carrying out their work; by God's grace they all found the exact Greek words to correspond to the Hebrew words, so that they were not mere translators, but prophets to whom it had been granted to follow in the divinity of their minds the sublime spirit of Moses."

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  1. preposition In a direction toward so as to reach: went to the city.
  2. preposition Towards: turned to me.
  3. preposition Reaching as far as: The ocean water was clear all the way to the bottom.

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  1. Middle English, from Old English ; see de- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English to, from AS, =Old Saxon tō, te =OFries. tō, te, ti =Middle Dutch, Dutch toe =Middle Low German tō, tū, tē, Low German to =Old High German zuo, zua, zō, Middle High German zuo, zu, German zu, to; not in Scandinavian, where til is used (see till), or in Gothic (Moesogothic), where du is used (the supposed connection of du and to is not made out); =Old Irish do =W. di, later ddi, Welsh i, as a prefix dy =Cornish dhi, to; cf. Lithuanian da-, =L. -do =Greek -δε =Zend -da, a demonstrative formative.
  2. Japanese, from Chinese tow, a peck (or bushel).
 

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