See breken on Wiktionary
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"lang_code": "af",
"word": "breek"
},
{
"lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
"lang_code": "brc",
"word": "breke"
},
{
"lang": "Negerhollands",
"lang_code": "dcr",
"word": "breek"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"brēken",
"breken#Middle_Dutch"
],
[
"*brecan",
"Reconstruction:Old Dutch/brecan"
],
[
"*brekan",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brekan"
],
[
"*brekaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brekaną"
],
[
"*bʰreg-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreg-"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreg-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "brēken"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch brēken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*brecan"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *brecan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*brekan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *brekan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*brekaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brekaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreg-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch brēken, from Old Dutch *brecan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nl-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "4",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"gerund",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "breek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"Flanders",
"colloquial",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"formal",
"majestic",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "braakt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"Flanders",
"colloquial",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "braakt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"formal",
"majestic",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "braken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "breke",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "brake",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"plural",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "braken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"past",
"plural",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "breek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "brekend",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "gebroken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "breken",
"name": "nl-verb"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"bre",
"ken"
]
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "breek",
"2": "brak",
"3": "broken",
"4": "breke",
"5": "brake",
"6": "braakt",
"class": "4",
"trans": "erg"
},
"name": "nl-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 3 2 2 7 2 2 4 4 8 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "25 25 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 5 2 2 3 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 26 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 3 2 2 7 2 2 4 4 8 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "breekbaar"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "beenbreek"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "breekal"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "breekijzer"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "breekpunt"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "breekvasten"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "brekebeen"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "breking"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "echtbreker"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "hersenbreker"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "hoofdbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "ijsbreker"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "lichtbreking"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "schokbreker"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "steenbreek"
},
{
"tags": [
"phrase"
],
"word": "de hel breekt los"
},
{
"tags": [
"phrase"
],
"word": "nood breekt wet"
},
{
"tags": [
"phrase"
],
"word": "nou breekt mijn klomp"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "aanbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "afbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "binnenbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "doorbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "een lans breken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "gebreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "heenbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "het ijs breken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "inbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "kapotbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "losbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "onderbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "ontbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "opbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "openbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "overbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "stukbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "terugbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "uitbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "verbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "voorbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "voortbreken"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "wegbreken"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to break"
],
"id": "en-breken-nl-verb-uvkE5ojw",
"links": [
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ergative) to break"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "braak"
},
{
"word": "breuk"
},
{
"word": "brok"
},
{
"word": "gebrek"
},
{
"word": "inbraak"
}
],
"tags": [
"ergative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbreːkə(n)/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-breken.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c5/Nl-breken.ogg/Nl-breken.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Nl-breken.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eːkən"
}
],
"word": "breken"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"brēken",
"breken#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"brekan",
"brekan#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"*brekan",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brekan"
],
[
"*brekaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brekaną"
],
[
"*bʰreg-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreg-"
],
[
"bräken",
"bräken#Plautdietsch"
],
[
"break",
"break#English"
],
[
"brekke",
"brekke#West_Frisian"
],
[
"brække",
"brække#Danish"
],
[
"brechen",
"brechen#German"
],
[
"breken",
"breken#Dutch"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreg-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "gml",
"3": "brēken"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German brēken",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "osx",
"3": "brekan"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"3": "*brekaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰreg-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pdt",
"2": "bräken"
},
"expansion": "Plautdietsch bräken",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "break"
},
"expansion": "English break",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "brekke"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian brekke",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "brække"
},
"expansion": "Danish brække",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "brechen"
},
"expansion": "German brechen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "breken"
},
"expansion": "Dutch breken",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German brēken, from Old Saxon brekan, from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-. Cognate to Plautdietsch bräken, English break,\nWest Frisian brekke, Danish brække,\nGerman brechen, Dutch breken.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "brickt",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brook",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "broken",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hebben",
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "pagename",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "4 strong verb",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "breek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brook",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"preterite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bricks",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brickst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brooks",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"preterite",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brookst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"preterite",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brick",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brickt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "brook",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"preterite",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "breeken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "broken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "breek",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "broken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ebroken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "gebroken",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bräken",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "briäken",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Westphalian"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"10": "hebben",
"2": "verb",
"3": "third-person singular simple present",
"4": "brickt",
"5": "past tense",
"6": "brook",
"7": "past participle",
"8": "broken",
"9": "auxiliary verb"
},
"expansion": "breken (third-person singular simple present brickt, past tense brook, past participle broken, auxiliary verb hebben)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 3 2 2 7 2 2 4 4 8 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "25 25 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 5 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 5 2 2 3 2 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 4 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 26 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 6 2 2 3 2 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 7 3 2 2 7 2 2 4 4 8 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 3 3",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to break"
],
"id": "en-breken-nds-verb-uvkE5ojw",
"links": [
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"qualifier": "especially coastal dialects",
"raw_glosses": [
"(especially coastal dialects) to break"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbreːkən/"
},
{
"ipa": "[breːkŋ̍]"
}
],
"word": "breken"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gebrēken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "misbrēken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ontbrēken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tebrēken"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "verbrēken"
}
],
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{
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"word": "breken"
},
{
"lang": "Limburgish",
"lang_code": "li",
"word": "braeke"
}
],
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[
"*brecan",
"Reconstruction:Old Dutch/brecan"
],
[
"*brekan",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brekan"
],
[
"*brekaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brekaną"
],
[
"*bʰreg-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰreg-"
]
],
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},
{
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},
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],
"english": "He'll control them with an iron rod, and they'll be broken apart like a potter's vessel.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 2:27, folio 118, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "\"he ſchal gou̇ne hem ın an ırẽ ȝerde / ⁊ þei ſchulẽ be bꝛokũ togıdere .· as a veſſel of a pottere",
"translation": "He'll control them with an iron rod, and they'll be broken apart like a potter's vessel.",
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"more",
"more"
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"piece",
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"heart",
"heart"
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"ruin",
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"break",
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"To break up or split; to break into two or more pieces:",
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83,
88
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66,
71
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],
"english": "These things occurred so Scripture could be fulfilled: \"You won't break any of his bones\".",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon 19:36, folio 55, recto, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
"text": "and þeſe thingis werẽ don .· that the ſcripture ſchulde be fillid / ȝe ſchulen not bꝛeke a boon of hym",
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"To injure (a person or bone)"
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"break up",
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"split",
"split"
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[
"break",
"break"
],
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"two",
"two"
],
[
"more",
"more"
],
[
"piece",
"piece"
],
[
"injure",
"injure"
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"person",
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[
"bone",
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},
{
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],
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[
"ruin",
"ruin"
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[
"destroy",
"destroy"
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[
"dissolve",
"dissolve"
],
[
"scatter",
"scatter"
],
[
"institution",
"institution#English"
],
[
"group",
"group#English"
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},
{
"glosses": [
"To ruin or destroy:",
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[
"ruin",
"ruin"
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[
"destroy",
"destroy"
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"mentally",
"mentally"
],
[
"weaken",
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"corrode",
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96,
100
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111,
116
]
],
"english": "\"Lucifer with his legions learned this in heaven; / he was the most pleasing to see after our Lord, / until he broke [his] obedience due to his pride.\"",
"ref": "c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 1]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 395, verso, column 2; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
"text": "¶ Lucıfer wᵗ legıoũs. lerede hıt ın heuene / He was louelokeſt of sıht. aftur vr loꝛd. / Tıl he bꝛak Boxũnes. þoꝛw boſt of hım seluen",
"translation": "\"Lucifer with his legions learned this in heaven; / he was the most pleasing to see after our Lord, / until he broke [his] obedience due to his pride.\"",
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}
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"destroy",
"destroy"
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"violate",
"violate"
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[
"fail",
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"destroy",
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"stop",
"stop"
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],
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[
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[
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"be"
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[
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[
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{
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{
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"noun"
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"verb"
],
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{
"tags": [
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{
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{
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],
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{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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{
"tags": [
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[
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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}
],
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "breken",
"source": "conjugation",
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"neuter"
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{
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"present",
"singular"
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},
{
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "brak",
"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"colloquial",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
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"formal",
"majestic",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "braakt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"Flanders",
"colloquial",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "braakt",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"formal",
"majestic",
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "breekt",
"source": "conjugation",
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"english": "\"Lucifer with his legions learned this in heaven; / he was the most pleasing to see after our Lord, / until he broke [his] obedience due to his pride.\"",
"ref": "c. 1370, [William Langland], “[Passus 1]”, in Petrus plowmon (V, A-text), Worcestershire, published c. 1390, folio 395, verso, column 2; republished as Bodleian Library MS. Eng. poet. a. 1, Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 10 January 2019:",
"text": "¶ Lucıfer wᵗ legıoũs. lerede hıt ın heuene / He was louelokeſt of sıht. aftur vr loꝛd. / Tıl he bꝛak Boxũnes. þoꝛw boſt of hım seluen",
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"break into"
],
[
"breach",
"breach"
],
[
"forcibly",
"forcibly"
],
[
"enter",
"enter"
],
[
"rob",
"rob#English"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To pierce, break open or break into:",
"To rupture or dent (fabric, a membrane, or the soil)."
],
"links": [
[
"pierce",
"pierce"
],
[
"break open",
"break open"
],
[
"break into",
"break into"
],
[
"rupture",
"rupture"
],
[
"dent",
"dent"
],
[
"fabric",
"fabric#English"
],
[
"membrane",
"membrane#English"
],
[
"soil",
"soil#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To pierce, break open or break into:",
"To erupt; to break into (e.g. action or speech)."
],
"links": [
[
"pierce",
"pierce"
],
[
"break open",
"break open"
],
[
"break into",
"break into"
],
[
"erupt",
"erupt"
],
[
"break into",
"break into"
],
[
"speech",
"speech#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To pierce, break open or break into:",
"(rare) To erupt; to break into (e.g. action or speech)."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To break out; to escape from."
],
"links": [
[
"break out",
"break out"
],
[
"escape",
"escape"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To pause or interrupt; to temporarily stop."
],
"links": [
[
"pause",
"pause"
],
[
"interrupt",
"interrupt"
],
[
"temporarily",
"temporarily"
],
[
"stop",
"stop"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To swerve or bend; to be or put in a curve."
],
"links": [
[
"swerve",
"swerve"
],
[
"bend",
"bend"
],
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"put",
"put"
],
[
"curve",
"curve"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbrɛ̞ːkən/"
}
],
"word": "breken"
}
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: breken/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'strong', 'infinitive'}",
"path": [
"breken"
],
"section": "Middle Dutch",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "breken",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "''To break up or split; to break'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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