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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Breed \Breed\, v. i.
1. To bear and nourish young; to reproduce or multiply
itself; to be pregnant.
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That they breed abundantly in the earth. --Gen.
viii. 17.
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The mother had never bred before. --Carpenter.
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Ant. Is your gold and silver ewes and rams?
Shy. I can not tell. I make it breed as fast.
--Shak.
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2. To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to
grow, as young before birth.
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3. To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.
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Heavens rain grace
On that which breeds between them. --Shak.
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4. To raise a breed; to get progeny.
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The kind of animal which you wish to breed from.
--Gardner.
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{To breed in and in}, to breed from animals of the same stock
that are closely related.
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