Break"fast (?), n. [Break + fast.]
1.
The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.
A sorry breakfast for my lord protector.
Shak.
2.
A meal after fasting, or food in general.
The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
Dryden.
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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.
First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.
Prior.
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Break"fast, v. t.
To furnish with breakfast.
Milton.
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