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meaning - What does the stock phrase unto itself mean? - English . . . Unto: "If you say that something is, for example, a world unto itself or a place unto itself, you mean that it has special qualities that it does not share with other, similar things, and so it should be treated or understood differently from those other things"
What is the definition of the phrase unto itself? Other variations include a world unto itself, an island unto itself, a means unto itself, an entity unto itself, a world wholly unto itself, sufficient unto itself *** As I've stated in the introduction, I've been unsuccessful in my bid to discover the one true underlying definition for this elusive idiomatic phrase
Is unto always interchangeable with to? [closed] The word unto often shows up in the Bible, and I am curious to know whether it can always be replaced with the more familiar preposition to, while staying grammatical and making sense Take this example
Can unto be used instead of onto in American English? Onto is English, whereas Unto is American English The expression that sparked this was "climb unto a pedestal" I suggested that the proper expression was "climb onto a pedestal" While it was a pointless discussion in the context, I still want to know which one is correct in American English
prepositions - Whats the difference in usage between to and unto . . . The entry for to is much more ample than that of unto, and although it includes many of the senses of unto, the examples provided with both prepositions show that to can be ambiguous in certain contexts By 1755, Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language already labels unto as obsolete: U’NTO prep
What is the difference between “each to one’s own,” and “a law unto . . . A law unto themselves This expression conveys a reverence, or a sense of awe, about the entire disposition towards the predicate Here there is the dismissal of everything in favour of the predicate: In contrast to the to each their own, the meaning remains identical irrespective of the speaker: Commenting on Hercules' strength:
archaicisms - Meaning of archaic unto - English Language Usage . . . The 'unto' as opposed to "to" used in Matthew 11:28 as in certain other scriptures appears to reinforce the meaning of a destination ["Into" "Unto"] Many of the newer translations use the word 'to' which can be construed as being the same but it's usage is more generalized in application