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- to1. For the type to really love, see split infinitive.2. In AmE, to is beginning to be used as an alternative for of to denote possession or (in particular) human relationship:
• He's married and the father to a son —Chicago Tribune, 1989
• Maya plays surrogate mother to her three sullen siblings —film website, AmE 2004 [OEC].
Modern English usage. 2014.