Tōo, adv.

adverb

[A-S. tō, Ger. dazu. See To.]

Sense 1. Over; more than enough;—noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too high; too many; too much.

His will, too strong to bend, too proud to learn. Cowley.

Sense 2. Likewise; also; in addition. “A courtier and a patriot too.” Pope.

Let those eyes that view The daring crime, behold the vengeance too. Pope.

☞ Too was probably formed in some way out of the prep. to. In the German we have zu viel, too (to) much, and dazu, thereto, likewise, also, and a similar usage in the other Teutonic languages.

Synonyms—Also; likewise. See ALSO.