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† a-ˈpieces, advb. phr. Obs.
[a prep.1 in, into + pieces: see piece n.]
In pieces, to pieces.
1560J. Heywood Seneca's Thyestes 22 Their limmes eche one apeeces let them go Disperste. 1662H. More Enthus. Triumph. (1712) 38 And break a-pieces their lanthorns against the ground. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. ii. 84 The whole structure..must needs fall a-pieces.
b. fig.
1653Shirley Court Secr. i. i, This jealousy will take my brains a-pieces! 1663Pepys Diary 6 Nov., The plot is spoiled, and the whole committee broke, Mr. Montagu and the Duke of Buckingham fallen a-pieces. |