in totoadv.

1573 Will of John Steell in C. Cross York Clergy Wills (1984) I. 131 Legaces geven by the said Sir John Steell in his last will and testament: In primis to every one of the vicars chorall ii s. a pece and to William Harris ii s. in toto xviii s.

1602 W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parallele or Conf. Law f. 22^v Our law is that the artificer shall render damages in toto.

1684 Christian Valor Encouraged 5 If this Empire be not attainable in Toto; yet certainly in Part, and some goodly Limbs thereof.

1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 401 I could not tell, except by actual trial, whether the air was decomposing in the process, so that some other kind of air would be left, or whether it would be absorbed in toto.

1798 G. Washington Let. 31 Dec. in Writings (1940) XXXVII. 80 It was impossible to comply with them, and difficult to discriminate; for which reasons, it was deemed best to reject them in toto.

1811 G. Constable Let. 31 Dec. in J. Constable Corr. (1962) I. 73 If my opinion was requested it would not be to give up your female acquaintance in toto.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona iii. 32 I decline in toto to hear more of it.

1955 Times 4 May 22/6 These amounts, in toto, fall short of our requirements if the business is to continue to expand as it is doing.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 9/2 Harkins frequently prefers to generalize about American culture in toto rather than devote attention to the conflicts that structure that culture.