What does breake mean?
Breake means Obsolete spelling of break..
Breake
Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of break..
Example Sentences
Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
VVhat gad flye tickles ſo this Macrinus, / That vp-flinging thy tayle, he breakes thus from me.
And although ſhe threatned to breake his bowe and arrowes, to clip his wings, and whipped him beſides on the bare buttocks with her pantophle, yet all would not ſerue,[…].
Synonyms for breake
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Word Forms
- breakes
- breaking
- broke
- broken
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Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.
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