Definition of "to" [to]

• In a direction toward so as to reach: went to the city. (preposition)
• Towards: turned to me. (preposition)
• Reaching as far as: The ocean water was clear all the way to the bottom. (preposition)
• To the extent or degree of: loved him to distraction. (preposition)
• With the resultant condition of: nursed her back to health. (preposition)

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• "When, after the dropping of the _ne_ ending, the idea of purpose had to be conveyed by the infinitive, it became usual in Elizabethan literature to place _for_ before the _to_, "And _for to_ deck heaven's battlements.""
• "II.v. 35, &c. _That Man is not to be deemed_ imperfect, _but a Being suited to his_ place _and_ rank _in the creation, agreeable to the_ general Order _of things, and conformable to_ Ends _and_ Relations _to him unknown_."
• "His words are, "to _yield obedience to_ the commands of a King, if against the true religion, against the ancient and fundamental laws of the land, is another sign of an ill subject:" -- "To _resist_ the lawful power of the King; to raise insurrection against the King; admit him adverse in his religion; _to conspire against his sacred person, or any ways to rebel, though commanding things against our consciences in exercising religion, or against the rights and privileges of the subject_, is an absolute sign of the disaffected and traitorous subject.""