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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Preterit and past participle of breed.
  • noun An obsolete spelling of bread.
  • noun A simplified spelling of bread.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • imp. & p. p. of breed.
  • degenerated.
  • See under Arms.
  • [Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.] Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of breed.

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