verb
Meaning 1
To break completely; crush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete
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tobreak
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verb
Meaning 2
To break apart; break in pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From Middle English tobreken (“to break apart, break in pieces, shatter”), from Old English tōbrecan, tebrecan (“to break in pieces, break apart”), from Proto-West Germanic *tebrekan, from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną (“to break apart”), equivalent to to- (“apart, in pieces”) + break. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrekan (“to break apart”), German Low German tobreken (“to break, shatter, smash”), Middle Dutch tebreken (“to break apart, shatter”), German zerbrechen (“to break apart, shatter, smash”).