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Webster 1913 Edition

Rupture

Rup′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[L.
ruptura
, fr.
rumpere
,
ruptum
to break: cf. F.
rupture
. See
Reave
, and cf.
Rout
a defeat.]
1.
The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder;
as, the
rupture
of the skin; the
rupture
of a vessel or fiber; the
rupture
of a lutestring
.
Arbuthnot.
Hatch from the egg, that soon,
Bursting with kindly
rupture
, forth disclosed
Their callow young.
Milton.
2.
Breach of peace or concord between individuals; open hostility or war between nations; interruption of friendly relations;
as, the parties came to a
rupture
.
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a
rupture
with his family.
E. Everett.
3.
(Med.)
Hernia. See
Hernia
.
4.
A bursting open, as of a steam boiler, in a less sudden manner than by explosion. See
Explosion
.
Modulus of rupture
.
(Engin.) See under
Modulus
.
Syn. – Fracture; breach; break; burst; disruption; dissolution. See
Fracture
.

Rup′ture

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Ruptured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rupturing
.]
1.
To part by violence; to break; to burst;
as, to
rupture
a blood vessel
.
2.
To produce a hernia in.

Rup′ture

,
Verb.
I.
To suffer a breach or disruption.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rupture

RUP'TURE

,
Noun.
[L. ruptus, rumpo, to break.]
1.
The act of breaking or bursting; the state of being broken or violently parted; as the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber.
2.
Hernia; a preternatural protrusion of the contents of the abdomen.
3.
Breach of peace or concord, either between individuals or nations; between nations, open hostility or war. We say, the parties or nations have come to an open rupture.
He knew that policy would disincline Napoleon from a rupture with his family.

RUP'TURE

,
Verb.
T.
To break; to burst; to part by violence; as, to rupture a blood vessel.

RUP'TURE

,
Verb.
I.
To suffer a breach of disruption.

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