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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