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Unto vs Vnto - What's the difference?

unto | vnto |

As prepositions the difference between unto and vnto

is that unto is up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it while vnto is obsolete spelling of unto.

As a conjunction unto

is (poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until; till.

unto

English

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • (obsolete) (poetic) Up to the time or degree that; until; till.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (archaic, or, poetic) Up to, indicating a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.
    • Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
  • (archaic, or, poetic) To, indicating an indirect object
    • And the Lord said unto Moses
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • Again, whereas men affirm they perceive an addition of ponderosity in dead bodies, comparing them usually unto blocks and stones, whensoever they lift or carry them; this accessional preponderancy is rather in appearance than reality.

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    vnto

    English

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 1613 , King James Version, Numbers 15:7[http://books.google.com/books?id=P9s_AAAAcAAJ&dq=vnto&pg=PA26-IA17#v=onepage&q=vnto&f=false]:
    • And for a drinke offering, thou shalt offer the third pan of an Hin of wine, for a sweete fauour vnto the Lord:
  • * 1632 , Samuel Hieron, A helpe vnto deuotion: containing certaine moulds, or formes of prayer :
    • A helpe vnto deuotion: containing certaine moulds, or formes of prayer (title)
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