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Breakfast \Break"fast\, n. [Break fast.]
1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the
first meal.
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A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. --Shak.
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2. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
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The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
--Dryden.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {breakfasted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Breakfasting}.]
To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in
the day.
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First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.
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Breakfast \Break"fast\, v. t.
To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.
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