"tocut" meaning in English

See tocut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tocuts [present, singular, third-person], tocutting [participle, present], tocut [participle, past], tocut [past]
Etymology: From Middle English to-kutten, *tocutten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + cut. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|to-kutten}} Middle English to-kutten, {{m|enm|*tocutten}} *tocutten, {{prefix|en|to|cut|t1=apart}} to- (“apart”) + cut Head templates: {{en-verb|tocuts|tocutting|tocut}} tocut (third-person singular simple present tocuts, present participle tocutting, simple past and past participle tocut)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To cut to pieces; hew asunder. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: to-cut, to cut
    Sense id: en-tocut-en-verb-QgUMuU1g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-

Inflected forms

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