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Webster 1913 Edition


Broke

Broke

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Broker
, and cf.
Brook
.]
1.
To transact business for another.
[R.]
Brome.
2.
To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
[Obs.]
We do want a certain necessary woman to
broke
between them, Cupid said.
Fanshawe.
And
brokes
with all that can in such a suit
Corrupt the tender honor of a maid.
Shakespeare

Broke

(brò„k)
,
imp.
&
p.
p.
of
Break
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Broke

BROKE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. fruor, for frucor, whence fructus, fruit. See Practice.]
To transact business for another in trade; to act as agent in buying and selling, and other commercial business; to transact business by an agent. [This word is little used, at least in America; and English writers seem to have used it in a low sense.]

BROKE

, pret. and pp. of break.