Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cleave or tear in pieces.

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  • verb transitive, obsolete To cleave or tear in pieces.

Etymologies

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From Middle English toritten, torytten, equivalent to to- +‎ rit.

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Examples

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    M. Antoni Mureti ... Orationes, epistolæ hymniqve saeri Marc Antoine Muret , Publilius 1660

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