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Webster 1913 Edition

Unto

Un′to

,
p
rep.
[OE.
unto
;
un-
(only in
unto
,
until
) unto, as far as +
to
to; this
un-
is akin to AS. [GREEK][GREEK] until, OFries.
und
OS.
und
until, conj. (cf. OS.
unt[GREEK]
unto, OHG.
unzi
), Goth.
und
unto, until. See
To
, and cf.
Until
.]
1.
To; – now used only in antiquated, formal, or scriptural style. See
To
.
2.
Until; till.
[Obs.]
“He shall abide it unto the death of the priest.”
Num. xxxv. 25.

Un′to

,
c
onj.
Until; till.
[Obs.]
“Unto this year be gone.”
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Unto

UN'TO

, prep. a compound of un, [on,] and to; of no use in the language, as it expresses no more than to. I do not find it in our mother tongue, nor is it ever used in popular discourse. It is found in writers of former times, but is entirely obsolete.

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