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Webster 1913 Edition
Broken
1.
Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments;
as, a
. broken
chain or rope; a broken
dish2.
Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven;
as, a
. broken
surface3.
Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart;
as, a
. broken
reed; broken
friendship4.
Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was
broken
. G. Eliot.
The
Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.
broken
soldier, kindly bade to stay,Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.
Goldsmith.
5.
Subdued; humbled; contrite.
The sacrifices of God are a
broken
spirit. Ps. li. 17.
6.
Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
7.
Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
“Her broken love and life.” G. Eliot.
8.
Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated;
as, a
. broken
promise, vow, or contract; a broken
law9.
Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred;
as, a
. broken
bank; a broken
tradesman10.
Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner;
as,
; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; broken
Englishas, to say a few
. broken
words at partingAmidst the
broken
words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay.
Broken ground
. (a)
(Mil.)
Rough or uneven ground;
as, the troops were retarded in their advance by
. broken ground
(b)
Ground recently opened with the plow.
– Broken line
(Geom.)
, the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order.
– Broken meat
, fragments of meat or other food.
– Broken number
, a fraction.
– Broken weather
, unsettled weather.
Webster 1828 Edition
Broken
BRO'KEN
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