tocleave

Meaning

Verb

To divide; split open; cleave asunder.
To split apart; break.

Origin

From Middle English tocleven, from Old English tōclēofan ("to split apart, cleave asunder"), from Proto-Germanic *tōkliubaną ("to split apart"), equivalent to to- + cleave. Cognate with Old High German zechluiban ("to split apart, cleave asunder").

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