Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To cleave or tear in pieces.
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- verb transitive, obsolete To
cleave ortear 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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