GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   Breakfast , n. [Break + fast.]
   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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   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, 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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3.       
   Breakfast, v. t. To furnish with breakfast.
   Milton.
   
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