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for-til
infinitive particle & conj.
Additional spellings:
fortil
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) With
inf.
: to; (b)
conj.
until.
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2.
fortọ̄̆
adv. & particle (with infinitive)
59 quotations in 3 senses
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Used purposively: in order to, so as to.
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tọ̄̆
verbal particle
679 quotations in 12 senses
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With selected complementary infinitives in verb phrases: to (do sth., be sth., etc.);—sometimes with intervening element between the verb and the inf. [see also Visser sections 1253-1312, 1328-41]…
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