breaketh

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A form of break — To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

OriginEnglish break ← Middle English breken ← Old English brecan →
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Meanings

verb
  1. archaicindicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of break

    And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 32:26

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰreg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrégeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*brekaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*brekan
  5. Old Englishbrecan
  6. Middle Englishbreken
  7. Englishbreak
  8. Englishbreaketh

From break + -eth.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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