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shatter;to to part by disperse force; to; rend to weaken apart;to or impair; to subdue; to tame or make tractable to make bankrupt; to dismi or cashier; to violate, as alaw; to interrupt;to intercept; to le en the force of; to make a first disclosure of, as a scheme or tidings: v.n. to part in pieces; to burst; to show the first light or dawn; to burst forth to utter or exclaim; to become bankrupt;to decline in health and strength;to force a way; to interrupt friendship; to fall out; to change: s. the state of being broken; an opening or breach; an interruption; a line in writing or printing, noting suspension of the sense, or a stop; the first appearance of light in the morning,or the dawn; drag or appliance to check motion; a strong-built carriage, used for breaking in horses, and training them to draught. To break the back, to ruin; to break the keel [Naut.);to get through with the most part. To break bulk, to begin to unload. To break cover, to come forth from a lurking-place, as hunted game. To break a deer, to cut it up at table. To break ground, to plough; to dig; to open trenches; to commence an undertaking. To break the heart, to afflict grievously;to destroy with grief. To break a lance, to have trial of skill. To break the ice, to overcome the first difficulties. To break in, to tame; to train to something. To break down,to destroy; to overcome;to give way. To break off, to part by breaking; to abandon; to desist suddenly. To break up, to di olve, or put an end to; to open, or lay open; to separate; to disband. To break upon the wheel, to stretch and break the bones by torture upon the wheel. To break wind, to give vent to wind from the body. To break in, to enter by force; to intrude. To break loose, to escape from captivity; to shake off restraint. To break out, to i ue forth; to discover itself by its effects; to arise or spring up; to appear in eruptions; to throw off restraint, and become di olute. To break up, to di olve and separate. To break with, to part in enmity; to cease to be friends (A.S.) Breakable, brake'-a-bl, a. capable of being broken.