totear

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart”), *teraną (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- +‎ tear. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈtɛə/ (US) IPA(key): /təˈtɛɚ/ === Verb === totear (third-person singular simple present totears, present participle totearing, simple past totore, past participle totorn) (obsolete) To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend. (obsolete) To break. (obsolete) To disturb violently; agitate. === Anagrams === tore at, terato-, treato, rotate