Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To break in pieces; destroy.
- To break through; interrupt.
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- verb archaic To
break in pieces,break up ,destroy . - verb archaic To
break through,interrupt .
Etymologies
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From Middle English forbreken, from Old English forbrecan ("to break up, break in pieces, violate, destroy"), from Proto-Germanic *furbrekanan (“to break up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhraǵ-, *bhreǵ- (“to break”), equivalent to for- (“fully, up”) + break. Cognate with Dutch verbreken ("to sever, disrupt"), German verbrechen ("to commit, perpetrate").
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