"breake" meaning in English

See breake in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: breakes [present, singular, third-person], breaking [participle, present], broke [past], broken [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|3=broke|4=broken}} breake (third-person singular simple present breakes, present participle breaking, simple past broke, past participle broken)
  1. Obsolete spelling of break. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: break
    Sense id: en-breake-en-verb-lNzVsW4r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Diſeaſed nature oftentimes breakes forth, / In ſtrange eruptions, oft the teeming earth / Is with a kind of collicke pincht and vext, / By the impriſoning of vnruly wind / Within her vvombe, vvhich for enlargement ſtriuing / Shakes the old Beldame earth, and topples down / Steeples and moſſegrovvn towers.",
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