Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tear apart; tear to pieces; rend; break.
- To disturb violently; agitate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To tear or rend in pieces.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
tear apart ; tear to pieces or shreds;rend . - verb obsolete To
break . - verb obsolete To
disturb violently;agitate .
Etymologies
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From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran ("to tear apart, tear asunder"), from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart”), *tiranan (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- + tear.
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