Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

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Interruption :: Interruption (n.) The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon..
Incide :: Incide (v. t.) To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines..
Housebreaker :: Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
Dejeuner :: Dejeuner (n.) A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation..
Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Luncheon :: Luncheon (n.) A portion of food taken at any time except at a regular meal; an informal or light repast, as between breakfast and dinner..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Regma :: Regma (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle..
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..
Parbreak :: Parbreak (n.) Vomit.
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament..
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