tose

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Definition of tose in English English dictionary

To pull apart or asunder; touse

To tease, or comb, as wool

Etymology

() From Middle English tosen, from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-Germanic *taisanan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, separate”). Cognate with Old High German zeisan (“to tease, pick wool”). Related also to Dutch tezen (“to draw, pull, scratch”), Danish tæse (“to tease”), Old English tǣsan (“to tease”). More at tease.